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In reply to the discussion: The Key to Selling Medicare for All to Voters Is Simple [View all]MineralMan
(146,307 posts)then it will lower individual costs, simply due to the reduction in administrative costs alone. It will also equalize revenues for providers. Will there be adjustments to be made on the healthcare industry. Damned straight! Good.
But, for the average Jane, the whole healthcare thing should cost less. If there is one payer, that payer can dictate what can be charged for pretty much everything. That's the equalizing factor. It's going to be a revolutionary change, but one that will be adapted to.
For example, the multi-specialty clinic where I get primary care has its own freaking MRI machine. A block away from it is an imaging center with three of the damned things. My clinic does not need its own, nor do its patients. There is massive duplication of technology that has to be paid for. Screw that. I can go down the block for an MRI if I need one.
The whole thing is going to require many changes, but individual voters don't care about any of that. They just want to know that they'll get the care they need without paying lots more for a more effective, efficient system. If whatever is proposed can't provide that, then it's the wrong system and should be changed so it can.
To succeed, any system that is proposed is going to have to ensure access to care at a lower price than the current system. If it doesn't do that, then it's the wrong proposal, frankly.