Role of Health Insurance Companies
What positive role do private health insurance companies provide in the U.S.? The U.S. spends almost twice as much money as other countries on health care and still has 47 million Americans uninsured, so they are apparently not saving us money. And if we believe that every American should have health insurance, wouldn't government provided single-payer health insurance provide the same benefits without the profit costs, ...more »
What positive role do private health insurance companies provide in the U.S.? The U.S. spends almost twice as much money as other countries on health care and still has 47 million Americans uninsured, so they are apparently not saving us money. And if we believe that every American should have health insurance, wouldn't government provided single-payer health insurance provide the same benefits without the profit costs, administrative costs, and incentives to deny care inherent in coverage from private corporations?
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