My brother points out that the military uses a single payer healthcare plan

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Oct 25, 2016
6:26:21am

OU Cougar All-American

My brother points out that the military uses a single payer healthcare plan

With Obama saying that we now need a single payer government plan to provide competition to healthcare plans that are too expensive, it wouldn't seem to be too hard to offer the military plan to civilians.

Universal health care may be pretty close at hand

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My brother points out that the military uses a single payer healthcare plan

OU Cougar

10/25/16 6:26am

Yep. The left used to hold up the VA as the shining example of how well a single

dilbert

10/25/16 6:30am

Technically, VA is single provider and single payer

10/25/16 7:20am

I slightly disagree. Single-payer can have its issues due to poor administration

10/25/16 7:53am

Obamacare didn't burn anything to the ground. It built it up.

Jeremy

10/25/16 8:25am

That's a fair argument

10/25/16 8:36am

The VA doesn't run the active duty healthcare system. Only retired veterans

TheLoneCougar

10/25/16 8:26am

The gov. also provides healthcare for Native Americans. It's as bad as you'd

Squeegee

10/25/16 6:34am

I loved it before Obamacare when health insurance premiums never increased.

SoCalCoug

10/25/16 6:36am

Obamacare is indefensible. Premiums never increased triple digit percentages

maxpowers

10/25/16 6:47am

Your anecdote does not prove anything.

BYUinNYC

10/25/16 1:27pm

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Abe Froman

10/26/16 7:32am

The true goal of ObamaCare is a single payer system.

Big Time 55

10/25/16 4:45pm

Obamacare will never be successful until a public option is added and therefore

Francisco d'Anconia

10/25/16 11:57pm

and single payer will never be successful...so, now what?

ds7

10/26/16 12:46pm

I disagree with you there. As would the rest Western Civ and then some.

Francisco d'Anconia

10/26/16 12:55pm

you show me where it works...

ds7

10/26/16 6:21pm

Easily explained.

Francisco d'Anconia

10/26/16 7:12pm

what you mean to say is it's "easily destroyed"...and socialized medicine will

ds7

10/26/16 7:37pm

My premium went from $750 to $1500 for next year under Obamacare.

Iman23

10/25/16 7:04am

My premium is going from $195 to $205.

Florwood

10/25/16 7:09am

I assume that your employer is paying the rest, or that you have very crappy

BYUCoug11

10/25/16 7:40am

A would be correct. Still influenced by the world of Obamacare.

Florwood

10/25/16 8:52am

I believe that "crappy" coverage doesn't exist anymore.

Tsisquan

10/25/16 4:56pm

Ah, the old "rates were already increasing, so what's the big deal about raising

workindev

10/25/16 7:07am

You seem to have misspelled "AFFORDABLE Care Act"

10/25/16 9:49am

Military healthcare only works because the private system is available when

kcca

10/25/16 6:48am

And it is horrible

Littlerich

10/25/16 7:03am

for the majority of cases, though, the military also owns the doctors

byujag

10/25/16 7:05am

Absolutely LOVED the health care we received while on Active Duty.

TheLoneCougar

10/25/16 8:30am

Yes...and you will hate it

byuguns55

10/25/16 7:21am

Absolutely disagree. My Military health care, while on active duty,

TheLoneCougar

10/25/16 8:30am

When setup correctly, single payer works

10/25/16 7:40am

It will never be setup correctly because single payer doesn't work...

HighHorse

10/25/16 7:49am

It does in every other country in the world

10/25/16 7:54am

If you don't mind your parents being denied care, good for you!.....

PhilPete

10/25/16 8:01am

I suppose that's different than not getting coverage because you can't afford it

10/25/16 8:13am

coverage doesn't mean you get care!

PhilPete

10/25/16 8:28am

Yeah not sure what is worse.

10/25/16 8:34am

It is not just cancer. Even common care that is routine is denied to older folks

PhilPete

10/25/16 2:36pm

No it doesn't

HighHorse

10/25/16 8:22am

I've spent close to half my life in Canada, and I love the health care

Lord Emsworth

10/25/16 8:05am

There is much good about it, as long as you don't get too sick....

ByuMba90

10/25/16 8:15am

That's second lowest on OECD healthcare satisfaction. Still way better than US

10/25/16 8:15am

How exactly does the Canadian Health Care System work?

StantonMac

10/25/16 12:37pm

Here's how it works...

WaHooWaCoug

10/25/16 1:04pm

That is a nutso statement... Single Payer lowers quality and raises admin fees

Blue Ghost

10/25/16 8:37am

I lived under a single payer system for over two decades, and I didn't

Lord Emsworth

10/25/16 8:43am

I call bull... I think you support such ideaolgy and therefore ignore the warts

Blue Ghost

10/25/16 12:24pm

Canada would be awesome. #1 Quality of Life

10/25/16 9:00am

But then you'd have to live in Canada.

Beeg

10/25/16 9:02am

Great, enjoy those taxes and the 5 minute doctor visits...

Blue Ghost

10/25/16 12:28pm

Single payer works for other countries because the U.S. subsidizes the world's

preneur

10/25/16 11:59am

Very good point

dilbert

10/25/16 12:49pm

AMEN

Francisco d'Anconia

10/26/16 7:12pm

Yes they do. Look how awesome it is. Lets expand that to everyone! It could only

PhilPete

10/25/16 7:56am

This is a topic that I can discuss as I have had years of first hand experience

TheLoneCougar

10/25/16 8:32am

The military also spends more on health care than the State Dept spends. Like on

Beeg

10/25/16 8:56am

military health care is super frustrating.

macaroni

10/25/16 9:25am

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Wingnut

10/25/16 9:40am

Yeah, the VA system is a stellar example.

kccougar

10/25/16 9:49am

One advangtage Tricare has is its insuring a much healthier pipulation than the

bretonnia

10/25/16 11:12am

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