The Universal Healthcare Scam: According to this scam, everyone should have healthcare and the government should provide the means to afford healthcare for all. Anyone who disagrees is seen as cruel or heartless. Who can disapprove of universal healthcare coverage? The problem is the economic law of supply and demand. When the government subsidizes and gives money to citizens for healthcare, people increase their use of doctors, hospitals and medicine. This increased demand enables doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies to raise their prices and people will still pay because the government is subsidizing these services. This situation causes healthcare costs to spiral out of control where for example a simple medical procedure can cost one thousand dollars and a complex medical procedure can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. People who receive health insurance from their employer or who receive Medicare or Medicaid from government do not mind. But people who cannot afford health insurance and who do not qualify for government Medicare or Medicaid are left out of the healthcare system. Healthcare services should not be paid for by government. In the absence of government subsidized healthcare, inflated healthcare prices would come back down to free-market prices.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:36:20 +0000
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