Comments on: ObamaCare Will Never Deny Medical Treatment? http://prevarication.net/2009/10/obamacare-wont-deny-medical-treatment/ Dedicated to the exposure and preservation of prevarication in public life. Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Timothy Swainhart http://prevarication.net/2009/10/obamacare-wont-deny-medical-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Timothy Swainhart Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:00:12 +0000 http://prevarication.net/?p=263#comment-7 It is true that all sources of medical care ration healthcare in some manner, whether it is the government bureaucrat or another at an insurance company fighting with a provider that needs authorization to provide care to someone needing it. I don't think it is time for the US to change to a single payer system and it is quite unlikely to do so as the current debate seems to support. I do think that a system that regulates insurance companies, requires them to provide insurance without regard to preconditions, doesn't cancel those that are sick, and is regulated by the government much like a utility is regulated is the way to go. I do know that our present system cannot survive as it is now because of the escalating costs in both insurance and healthcare. A change must be made. It is true that all sources of medical care ration healthcare in some manner, whether it is the government bureaucrat or another at an insurance company fighting with a provider that needs authorization to provide care to someone needing it. I don’t think it is time for the US to change to a single payer system and it is quite unlikely to do so as the current debate seems to support. I do think that a system that regulates insurance companies, requires them to provide insurance without regard to preconditions, doesn’t cancel those that are sick, and is regulated by the government much like a utility is regulated is the way to go.

I do know that our present system cannot survive as it is now because of the escalating costs in both insurance and healthcare. A change must be made.

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