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[–]Tarrock 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Gotta give Comrade Bernie credit. The problem is price fixing at the healthcare and insurance levels. Only way any kind of healthcare for all plan to work would be to tackle those issues first.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well if that system had competition, through a national healthcare service, then the private sector might be forced to lower its prices to continue being able to compete. The current health insurance industry is currently a basically a monopoly, where you are legally required to participate, which is why the prices are so high.

Same reason college costs so much. You "have" to do it this one way, so it costs an insane amount because the gatekeepers control the only gate through.