Reader's View: Why can't health insurance be like Medicare? quoting : Duluth News Tribune

That accomplished the true definition of what insurance is. Why is it so hard for our elected officials to understand that concept? Why can't it be applied to all Americans? Medicare is based on this. The purpose of the small group policies I was underwriting was to have a pool of small groups who all would contribute premiums and would spread the risk around so those in the pool who had medical expenses could get help paying for those expenses.




"We have seen the enormous damage that PHI [private health insurance] has wrought in the US. The Turnbull government is under renewed pressure to tackle the cost, complexity and poor coverage of private health insurance amid warnings the problems are threatening the future of Medicare. Photo: Alan PorrittThat was when the Howard government introduced the private health insurance subsidy, which now costs Australian taxpayers $11 billion a year. Health leaders, consumer advocates and policy experts have given damning assessments of the state of Australia's private health care regime in a new series of articles published by the Consumers Health Forum. SHAREShare on Facebook SHAREShare on Twitter TWEETLink Former public servant John Menadue says private health insurance is putting Medicare under serious threat.

Propping up private health insurance is like putting lipstick on a pig

collected by :Lucy William

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