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Ah yes, the conclusion the terribly government run health care system is that it's the private industry's fault and we should give that same inept institution more power over our medical care.

Makes total sense.

Everything costs something, it's just a matter of who you force that cost on to.

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Medicare Advantage plans are run by private companies. I think you might be confusing Medicare Advantage with traditional Medicare.

No, I understand that. You realize the government approves the plans right? You also realize the government still thinks the ACA was a god send?

Traditional Medicare sucks too though.

The fix for our medical system is to bring pricing down, while incentivizing innovation and not allowing your medical system to get overwhelmed by individuals that aren't contributing any money into it. You can have an argument about how to best do that but the current government backed options aren't cutting.

> not allowing your medical system to get overwhelmed by individuals that aren't contributing any money into it

So your proposal is that we let the poor die?

No. But until we acknowledge that we can pay for it directly, pay for it indirectly with packed ERs and dubious means testing and bureaucracy, or let the poor die are the only options we are never going to solve it

Your proposal is that we wave a magical wand and suddenly medical care costs nothing and doctors, nurses, etc. don't need to be paid well?

If we're going to play this silly game of absolutes, you're envisioning a utopia that cannot exist.

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