lopri
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Taxing junk food might take care of SNAP beneficiaries' poor eating habits. No need to punish the poor (twice). "Death Panel" - I do not like that label because it's what insurance companies have today and it won't be different with government-run healthcare. Some treatments will not be covered, and individuals will not be prevented from seeking experimental care.I’m not against the concept of a single payer system or universal healthcare or whatnot. I am against he ACA though because it isnt making healthcare affordable at all. Price keep going up and there’s no mechanism in there to address that at all.
I’d advocate for government sponsored healthcare assuming:
- it wasn’t tied to your job at all, the idea that our employers who (unless we work in the insurance industry) aren’t in the business of managing healthcare but have been tasked with doing it anyways
- we tax junk food. Not sure of the mechanism but we’ve been to the moon I’m sure we can do this. Those proceeds have to go towards the national healthcare fund. It’ll cut down on consumption of junk
- Preventative measures are emphasized over reactionary ones. Do away with the fee for service model and focus on outcomes.
- allow ER's to turn down people. If triage it’s determined they are here for a headache or a cough allow hospitals to deny service and refer them to a walk-in clinic without fear of lawsuits
- Tort reform. Malpractice suits are necessary but there is certainly room for reform
- No junk food using snap benefits. Not sure the best way to regulate that but our poor also have the worst eating habits. Raise the amount they recieve each month because fruits and veggies do cost more, but no cookies or soda etc
- Death panels. Have em. If you don’t like the idea buy private insurance that covers you. Keeping granny alive for another month isn’t worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. I’m not sure how we draw the line here but there needs to be some sense of sanity in healthcare at the end of life.
I’m sure I can come up with plenty others, just a start off the top of my head,
Edit here’s another
- Legalize marijuana and fund research into medicinal uses for it.
Other than that I pretty much agree with you.