Kasz216 said:
Yeah.. it is the poorer middle class who get screwed in the healthcare system.
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This is true, but a lot of doctors have stopped taking Medicaid/Medicare as well because they feel it doesn't give them enough money. The government does the same thing insurance companies do and haggles with the doctors.
The whole payment system in our current medical system is so poorly done it really just hurts your head sometimes when you sit down and think about it.
And Medicaid and Medicare are definitely socialist, for the record. But if you took them away people would shit a brick. People bitch about socialist policies until you try to take away a "socialist" policy they already have.
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