Medicare denies more claims than all private insurance combined

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jjseth said:

highwaystar101 said:

HappySqurriel said:

There is an element of this which is not surprising being that medicare covers the elderly which tend to require the most (and the most expensive) treatments. With that said, being that the United States spends as much per-capita on Medicare and Medicaid as other developed nations spend on their entire healthcare systems, this does beg the question "where is all the money going?"

 

I believe the money is being wasted on a criminally inefficient system. Although I like the idea of medicaid in theory, I do not agree with how it is run and the way it has acted on solving certain logistical issues. It operates in a very flawed manner imo. I think a hybrid system that benefits 100% of Americans could be done in a way which operates far more efficiently than the current system.

This!

The healthcare in the US is horrid.  No, not the quality of care, but the ability of the people to get sufficient coverage.   Go and ask your doctor and ask them what they think of the public option or a government based health care system.  They will almost be in unanimous agreement that they would prefer a public option, and even more a Universal coverage that covers all people.  How do I know this?   I have family who are doctors and have worked for health care systems and know what they think on it.  

It cannot be run like Medicare, and Medicare should be replaced by a Universal coverage plan.  The overhead needs to be low, and it needs to be run and operated by highly intelligent business people that are able to figure out how to run it, without costing tax payers a huge sum of money to have it.  Other countries around the world have better health coverage than the US does, and if the US is so dang good, why is our health care so horrible?

clearly this is why up until recently the AMA has been against the public option.... and are currently only for a very token public option.

No most doctors actually DON'T want government run healthcare.