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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank ACA.[/quote]

This isn’t an ACA thing. It’s a privat insurance thing.

I would MUCH rather have a government bureaucracy making decisions about my health coverage and claims than a private enterprise trying to meet quarterly earnings targets.[/quote]

Oh my God.  You have obviously never worked with the government.

My mom was a VA nurse for 38 years.  You do NOT WANT THE GOVERNMENT MANAGING YOUR CARE.  So many unnecessary deaths due to poor docs.  There was one surgeon they called "Dr. Death" because he nicked organs like weekly, leading to people dying of sepsis unnecessarily.  Did the VA stop him from operating?  Nope.  He continued on for 15 more years doing this until he retired.[/quote]

Both the Brits and the Canadians are struggling with with government management of care. Canadians now routinely come to the US border states for their knee  replacements as they can get it scheduled in 30 days vs. over 2 or 3 years or more.[/quote]

France is really pretty good, mixed system of government and private to supplement. Care does not take a lot of time, cost is great, meds are cheap too. Same issue as here with doctor shortages in rural areas.[/quote]

I think every system is struggling with aging patients, doctor burnout, rural doctor shortages and an ever expanding range of treatments. My grandparents never had hip or knee replacements or chemo or organ transplants or quadruple bypasses or expensive pharmaceuticals or dental implants or other options we have come to expect.[/quote]

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