youngolf

'Free Market' Healthcare: Fix It Now, Before It's Too Late

I worked in the health insurance system for almost 20 years. It is much worse than a 'mess'....The idea of 'free market' healthcare as a solution is the health insurance/medical equipment/pharmacy industry-lobbyists PAC contributions talking.

Insurance companies do not want to cover high risk individuals.....do not want to cover pre-existing conditions.....do not want to cover 50 year olds......do not want to cover individuals period...do not want to cover mom-pop small businesses.

Let's see - that leaves young, healthy, or large corporate group. If you are fortunate enough to be one of those, you tend to think 'free-market' is fine.

Our delivery/financing of health care in this country is a joke. It is just as criminal as the perpetrators of the financial crisis.

Pardon me, I am 50+ and have to go fill out my medical questionnaire hoping this insurer will accept me, after another 30 day wait, so I can pay $500 a month for a $5,000 deductible 70% plan.