A single payer healthcare system would go a long way towards leveling the playing field for all the shareholders. A single payer system is one in which a single entity or party, is one that covers ones healthcare needs by paying for their medical needs of the people, for example, a health insurance company in some countries or the government in other countries. However, in a country like the United States, only profits dictate the rules in healthcare. So long as healthcare thrives only as a function of profit in any society, a single payer system will never be realized. Insurance companies, lawyers, among others, all are in a competition for money. Figuratively, they consume in excess of thirty three percent (33%) of the GDP, in the U.S. Yet, every day, people are denied adequate healthcare because they cannot afford. U.S. being one of the major industria;ized country in the world, it is the only one that doesn't provide health care for its habitants.
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However the question then would be; who would pay for this single payer system? Wouldn't the people have to raise their contributions to make up for those who cannot pay? Well, the people already do just that. They pay for services that others receive through taxes. The money is however squandered in form of fat salaries, lawsuits, insurance payments among others. "That means that a great percentage of today's medical procedures are unwarranted, unnecessary and ineffective. The elimination of healthcare insurers would therefore realize an immediate savings because there would be no overhead or profits to realize" Bodenheimer, T., & Grumbach, K. (2009). No insurers would mean, no claims forms, no agents and their commissions.
References
Bodenheimer, T., & Grumbach, K. (2009). Understanding Health Policy: a Clinical Approach
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