The solution in my mind IS complete government health care. I'll say it again, it is a choice and tradeoff between the greedy corporate profit making insurance companies vs. the inefficient government bureaucracy and red tape. But, in the end I've concluded that health care is better served by our government.
I also know that I seem to be the only one on this thread that thinks that the government is less efficient than our corporations - or at least that chose to express it verbally. It appears that I'm far outnumbered, which is ok, at least we have learned who we are.
I am confused, but not as confused as you seem to be. On the one hand you say that government bureaucracy and red tape and 'waste, fraud, and abuse' are a bad thing, yet a sentence or two later you espouse 'complete government healthcare'? This position seems different than where you began posting in this thread nearly a thousand posts ago. Back then (iirc) you wanted nothing short of 'repeal and re-do' Obamacare. We seem to have made some progress toward consensus.
In the last couple of pages here, you've tried to make a case for private enterprise doing a better job than government agencies. I am not disagreeing with you. You are just using the wrong examples. Try some others. Like Space-X vs. NASA. It may well be that the private rocket company will end up doing a better job of hauling stuff to orbit and maybe to Mars. We just don't know yet.
Yes, you DO seem to be
nearly the only naysayer in the thread. I'm sure you have some kindred spirits here, just not so vocal. Surely you've received PM's with 'attaboy' messages. As you said, we know on which side of the issue we stand, and I suppose it defines us on some level. I noticed that we didn't exactly see eye-to-eye when we sat together over a Mai-Tai in Maui a few years back. After cocktails we went in different directions for dinner with more agreeable companions. Nonetheless, I'm glad we met.
Now, the time for argument is over. Those who want insurance this year have signed up. The political lines are drawn, to be taken back up in the Fall.
Step back, take a deep breath. Go on a vacation- or at least plan some.
Have a great Spring and Summer.
Jim