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9. That is really a different situation

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 09:14 AM

Sep 2013

when there is a single "insurance company" for an entire province. That creates a very different dynamic.

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Insurers limiting doctors, hospitals in health insurance market [View all] eridani Sep 2013 OP

A limited selection of doctors is part of any insurance plan. Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #1

Amen SoCalDem Sep 2013 #2

I've been on Kaiser twice Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #4

Only in the US. In Canada, you can see any practitioner you want eridani Sep 2013 #6

I was specifically commenting on health insurance - Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #7

Single payer is socialized insurance, not socialized health care. eridani Sep 2013 #8

That is really a different situation Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #9

But it is different BECAUSE it is single payer system - Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #12

Here in NH newblewtoo Sep 2013 #3

Status Quo ACA: Healthcare for the Rich, healthcare for the Poor leftstreet Sep 2013 #5

When pay-outs are lowered the only way to make up the difference is volume Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #11