Okay! Here’s the deal. One of the things we were s’pozed to have learnt in grade school: Keep your eyes on the prize. You c’n run as hard ‘n fast as y’can but if you wander offtrack, you’ll never win any races....
We already have universal health care. Uninsured people get treated and they don’t pay for it. Hospitals are required by law to treat everyone whether or not they can pay.
The problem is not that the uninsured don’t get treated; the problem is how it’s paid for.
And right now, everybody who has insurance pays for the uninsured in higher premiums and higher prices for drugs, treatment and hospital stays.
And guess what? If an uninsured person doesn’t receive treatment, a hungry trial lawyer will file a lawsuit on their behalf and the jury will force an insurance company to pay not only for the treatment but the lawyers fees.
Which results in higher medical costs for everybody who pays for insurance.
Round Robin is just one of the names for this operation. Insanity should be another.
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