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Originally Posted by arock10
I was under the impression obamacare was to insure more people
Also health care costs go up every year, can't blame it all on Obama. Blame the republicans for no single payer system which would've caused more competition and reduced costs (maybe not overall, but relative to what is projected)
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I think eventually we will end up with a single payer system. I was reading that 42% of all bankruptcies are caused by medical costs and 78% of those people actually had health insurance. The cost of health insurance continues to rise with no end in site as does the actual cost of healthcare and medicine.
Most middle class and lower people are now one major health issue away from bankruptcy and it will just continue to get worse. Eventually it will hit a tipping point. It likely won't happen for a while, but I think when it finally does hit the fan we will either have to revamp the healthcare system which will be very hard because of the influence various companies have over lawmakers or we will just go to a single payer system like most countries have.