Reply #16: He seems to equate the middleman = Gov't, I see middleman = Ins Co's

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Cut out the insurance companies for sure. Healthcare should be a not-for-profit industry. Government run programs such as Medicaid/Medicare have a much lower percentage of management costs (2% range) versus Ins Company programs (10 - 20% or more range). The difference in the overhead alone allows for world class healthcare for all if you just cut out the middleman, aka the insurance company!

Are these typical talking point generalizations intended to stand in place of facts?

socialized health care in Canada and Western Europe has resulted in poor quality health care, long waits for operations (long as in months), and high taxes.

The problem with Dr. Berry's set-up is scale. What would happen if this were instituted nationwide? How many patients can one Doctor see and still be effective? Ron Paul talks about the good ole days when this system was the norm. He makes it seem as if no one went without preventative medical care, everyone had catastrophic insurance coverage for emergencies, then "the liberals" came along and fucked it all up. I believe he is looking for and interested in a real solution to our current healthcare crisis, but you have to have a realistic view of your own proposed solution or else your "solution" solves only perceived problems, not real ones.