So let me get this straight. We can't afford medicare the way it stands now with only the elderly, but some how when we add all US citizens and illegal aliens it will be affordable?
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Medicare in part is exactly the reason with expensive procedures.
Doctor wants a $1000 dollar procedure. Medicare will only pay $500, leaving the next guy with health care insurance paying $1500 for the same procedure to cover the governments lack of payment.
Also, lets say...
How does putting 300 million Americans on the government health care single payer system gonna control costs?
Is it going to be how medicare works? Short change hospitals on certain procedures, only to charge the guy with health care double the amount to cover the cost of medicare patients...
LOL sure it is.
Edit: That 3% doesn't include many costs associated with medicare overhead. Such as taxes, sales commisions, profits, legal fees and more that I am missing off the cuff.
And what would the government workers overhead be under a single payer plan? With their guaranteed pensions and the like. I think it safe to say private insurance companies would do a much better job managing their overhead than that of the government, because the HAVE to.
I think you hit the nail on the head here. People will have a finite amount of money to spend on a house payment per month regardless if it is in taxes, interest, or the actual house. On the other hand it will be difficult to forecast interest rates. Also, higher interests will likely push...
In this particular area it is already close to equal, all things considered. The Minne side has already been built up for the last ten or so years. We have been looking for a year or two and hope to purchase late fall, as a vacation home.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. I agree on your take under negatives point number 2. The reason I ask we are considering purchasing land around Thunder bay along the north shore, stunning beauty at a reasonable price compared to the Minnesota side.