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The average insured family medical care bill is about $10,000, which would means well over $1 trillion per year if we had a national plan, more than doubling the federal budget. Neither Democrats nor Republicans can do much about unreasonable demands for more care at a lower price. We want the best of everything, but we don't want to pay for it, and think that's the fault of doctors, lawyers, and insurers.
National average health insurance rate increases for the coming year are expected to be about 9%. That's a combination of inflation, increased medical care, and increases in innovation (e.g., new drugs, treatments, etc.). If we want everybody covered, we'll have to make hard choices, and so far it doesn't appear that we're willing to vote for legislators who ask us to sacrifice anything.
Medicare is going broke because we won't push Congress to make us pay for it. Heaven help our children and grandchildren if we create a national healthcare system with as little self-restraint and tax support as Medicare. We have proven in the past that we won't pay.
National average health insurance rate increases for the coming year are expected to be about 9%. That's a combination of inflation, increased medical care, and increases in innovation (e.g., new drugs, treatments, etc.). If we want everybody covered, we'll have to make hard choices, and so far it doesn't appear that we're willing to vote for legislators who ask us to sacrifice anything.
Medicare is going broke because we won't push Congress to make us pay for it. Heaven help our children and grandchildren if we create a national healthcare system with as little self-restraint and tax support as Medicare. We have proven in the past that we won't pay.
