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Originally Posted by CDSmith
It would require an entire overhaul of how health care is delivered in the US, changing it from an insurance system to a true health care system.
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Just a couple of decades ago we sort of had that. No it wasn't "free" or paid for with taxes.
In the 1980's you could go to the doctor. It might cost you $50. And of course for the 200 years before that in the U.S. it was very affordable to get medical care out of pocket.
In 1986 my stepson had to have his appendix removed. We paid it in cash. It was less than $4,000 for the whole thing including a 2 day hospital stay.
Then in the 1990's the govt. started getting heavily involved and I started hearing more and more about HMO's and how they would lower medical costs.
20 years later...and we have what you pointed out. A big insurance scam.
In 2010, Claudia Marie had her appendix removed. She stayed one night in the hospital. It was damn near $20,000
And of course that included stupid stuff like the $150 paper cup they gave her to drink water from to take a $70 aspirin.