@Paul
I am glad we agree on something

But we can't cut healthcare costs by exporting citizens to be serviced in the low cost foreign healthcare outlets and then repatriate them.
- Hey poor slob: Your surgery is in India because of cost controls -- no fuckin' way that will fly. Your airfare there will cost you a kidney and the return trip will cost you an eyeball. Sign a waiver of liability any sign your consent form here.
- We cannot ask foreign medical professionals to work in the US without State Medical Examiner's Board licensure at substandard wages either.
But we could make it MFA (Medicare for all) we currently have this infrastructure working and build a dual service healthcare network of clinics and hospitals that are owed by the people, via the government. These facilities could compete as a real non profit entities, and be tax subsidized, by mandate.
Simply taking these steps might reduce healthcare costs by 35% and then contain costs at a levels accepted by the people and promulgated by administrative rules and enacted laws.
Medical personnel might accept lower wages if the government can create good and ethical working conditions for them.
You can always pay more and buy better private and/or elective medical services that you can afford. If you want your nose fixed or a boob job you have to pay now so what is the real difference?
- Eliminating inflated prices for medical services.
- Eliminating the cost of private insurance and the hidden costs of having medical insurance firms peddling stock and decisions being ROI and profit driven.
- Eliminating these large for profit medical groups peddling stock and decisions being ROI and profit driven.
We could cut the profit motive out of the medical business and spend the savings creating a better country.
Oh noes! this is a socialist government. If you believe that, renounce your Social Security and your guaranteed Medicare benefits at retirement. We will expunge you from the system -- but no refunds. Get sick when you get old PAY for treatment or move into the nearest dumpster.