2016 Health Insurance Premiums
Those of us in the private health insurance market in Minnesota are being socked with 40-50% increases in premiums eff 1-1-16. I may have to put the RV up on blocks and park it in the driveway. I have...
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travelnutz wrote:We don't often agree, but this is SPOT ON!!
fitznj,
Horray for you as you said it as it actually is!!!
Our Son bought the controlling interest of and owned a mid-sized manufacturing operation in the Milands of England. Moved family there to run it and it was mind boggling what he experienced with the single payer healthcare system for his employees and the actual outragous true expense/cost for it by both the employees and the employer for second class at best healthcare. Exactly what you'd said in your own post here. Long lines, cheapest type inadequate care possible regardless, so often treated like numbers or animals - not humans, extremely high taxes which constantly rose for all yearly for very poor iffy care.
Your comment on British teeth is the absolute terrible truth and is so obvious. Been there personally and seen it so many times along with most people. So many having other real health issues which were only partially cared for due to costs and cheaping out methods used. It was and is SICKENING!
Although his operation was very profitable, he so sorely missed what we have here in the USA and sold his manufacturing operation and moved back here. He refers to the single payer healthcare system as "3rd world conscript could careless"! People here talk big and are so gullible and misled. Seeing it firsthand is an eyeopener! The ACA is not nor will it be affordable as it's leads to the smae failed systems other nations have experienced and/or are experiencing. Absolutely no incentive to excel for workers in the healthcare system nor in the research and development of new drugs and vaccines as there's nothing to be gained for them. Just a job had with NO carrot at the end of the stick so why eventry to reach it? It's not there and they aren't stupid!
It's just like acomparison to the average union member as you are a number and will only advance by seniority as older members retire, die, or quit. Not according your own abilities or hard relentless effort constantly put forth. Means nothing! Why do so many American people think so many employees quit their captive employment, scrape together all the $$$ they can and get huge loans by mortgaging their future to go thru mountains of legal stuff and very long hours to start their own business even though approx 95% on new businesses will fail in the first 5 years??? It's the chance to innovate and succeed that they will never have being an owned and controlled conscript! The very same is true in medical and/or healthcare and/or medical research but there's NO carrot or real winnings at the end of the stick with single payer system or the ACA Act which comes with very high taxation, ever very fast increasing citizen costs, government controlled, and a one size fits all regardless! Take away profit potential and there is NO incentive at all to actually succeed!!! What's to gain? Can't spend to or raise a family on pride alone!
