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Conservatives continually tout the advantages of private insurers. What are the pros and cons of continuing the hybrid of Medicare-Medicaid along with a plethora of private insurers each with multiple plans and a variety of computer systems that can not talk to each other? A very recent EBN article shows consumers do not really like any of a variety of health plans, including Medicare. The medical administrators I have talked almost universally condemn the administrative jungle of private insuer administrative requirements. What logical place does competirve private insurers have in a nonmarket oriented health care system?
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The idea that market forces or competition among insurers is the solution to our health care programs is absurd and always has been.
However, I think the current system can be fixed without destroying it. Common systems and reimbursement amounts would be a start.
On the other hand, consumers not liking insurers is not unexpected. Any time a person does not get what they think they deserve, they are unhappy.
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