So Republicans haven't passed one piece of major legislation yet (and they still haven't)

[Peh]

sc94597 said:

barneystinson69 said:

If there is one thing I have to say, universal health care is the best option 

"Universal health care" isn't an "option", but an end. It literally means everybody in the country has access to healthcare. The way Switzerland achieves it (not-for-profit insurance companies in a competive market for basic services, and for-profit for extra services) is very different from how Britain achieves it (government owned hospitals.) 

So the question that many proponents of "universal healthcare" need to answer is, which one will work the best in The United States of America? That is much harder to answer, and is why the last time Democrats had control of the country we ended up with the Affordable Care Act, a hodgepodge of nothing but subsidies for corporate welfare-queens. 

Personally, I don't think health-care companies and employers should be getting subsidies in the first place. Nor should the FDA continue to inflate the costs of drugs and medical technology in this country via overregulation. 

No matter what system we have in the United States, costs will remain higher than in other countries, because Americans have trouble not purchasing end-of-life care, luxury care,  and many other quality of life/non-life extending treatments. Even with a single-payer system, Americans would demand this politically and therefore the cost-savings due to rationing would not be realized. However, there are plenty of distortions that can be fixed within the current system by taking out the actions which persuade bad incentives. 

Excuse my ignorance, but isn't the core problem that the healthcare is a business in the first place in the US? They make money with the lifes of people and try to get rich in the process.

 

From what I see is that everything related to health is extraordinary expensive. Before the ACA if you got medical treatment you've ended in such debts that you could'nt pay them off with you avarage joe job. A bullet to the head would be the fastest way to enjoy "life".

Correct me if I am wrong, but I guess it was way worse than it is now.