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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Jun 22 23:10:34 2017, in response to Re: GOP Senators Reveal Health Bill, posted by SLRT on Thu Jun 22 14:15:06 2017. I've had single payer.In the Army the care was good*, but they determined what care you would get, whether you were sick or not, how the care would be administered, and when the care was finished. And the VA is single payer... let that be a warning.... You're confusing single payer with socialized medicine. The two examples you gave, Army and VA, are socialized medicine. The doctors are salaried. They work for the government. The hospitals are built and operated by the government. This is what the UK has. This is essentially what HIP used to be. Doctors are spared the expense of equipping their offices, malpractice insurance, etc. Medicare is single payer. Except for Medicare Advantage, there is only one company providing medical insurance, the government. However, the doctors and hospitals are are in private or group practice. They agree to accept Medicare's rate schedule. They bill Medicare directly. However, doctors are responsible for maintaining their own offices, malpractice insurance, etc. |
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