Sunday, December 22, 2024

Government run healthcare is what got us here in the first place

Why the American Healthcare System Has Been Broken for Years


...But what is lost on the Senator from Massachusetts and others, particularly on the Left, is that the very things they advocate for, more government involvement and government-mandated healthcare (Obamacare), are the very things that are wrong with the system we all loathe.

From a 10,000-foot view, there are three specific challenges that must be addressed if we are going to improve our healthcare system - access, quality, and cost. In each instance, government involvement has made these worse, not better. Under Obamacare, we were told that you could keep your healthcare plan. PolitiFact named that the “Lie of the Year” in 2013 while cancelation letters went out to almost 4 million Americans. President Obama personally apologized to Americans for losing their healthcare coverage. “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor” was the signature catchphrase President Obama used to sell the Affordable Care Act to the American people. Obamacare’s flagship website, healthcare.gov, no longer even addresses the issue. In the government-run “marketplace” that is Obamacare, hundreds of thousands of doctors refuse to participate because negotiated prices are lower and red tape is onerous, leaving many patients stuck in the marketplace with very limited choices... 


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