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In reply to the discussion: I've always been a single-payer advocate but I must admit... [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)with the delivery of care as its primary function. Nothing about our system is easy or convenient and that makes health care something to be avoided for as long as possible. Remember all those polls that kept coming out during the "debate" telling us how a huge majority of Americans love their insurance companies? Have you ever known anybody that became seriously ill and had to deal with their insurance company's denials and endless restrictions and fees, all while trying to heal, that claimed to still love them?
American love the illusion of security that the little card gives them. As long as they believe they would be covered in the event it is needed, that's enough to keep them happily ignoring the cries of those that learn the truth in what is usually the worst time of their lives.
U.S. Health care delivery is about money, first and foremost, and so is the ACA. So, while it is better than nothing, it is also worse because it lets people believe that they will get what they need when they need it.
& R