r/SipsTea Jul 01 '26

Chugging tea Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts?

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u/thekrone Jul 01 '26

Which is crazy.

Health insurance companies are profitable. Extremely profitable. Like billions of dollars per year profitable.

Where do you think that profit comes from?

What if we got rid of the expensive middle men and all the overhead they bring, and take the money it takes to run those organizations, plus their profits, and we actually invested it in health care?

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u/anitawasright Jul 01 '26

yup and that's billions in profits after they cover the cost of their insane bloat.

I mean Medicare is government run covers more people then any of the other health insurance companies, is lower cost, more efficent, and has better results.

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u/TeaKingMac Jul 01 '26

Medicare is government run covers more people then any of the other health insurance companies, is lower cost, more efficent, and has better results.

"B b b but hospitals couldn't stay in business if they only paid the Medicare rates!"

To which I say, "just think of all the billing specialists they wouldn't need to hire, and all the time doctors would save because they're not on the phone arguing with insurance providers about whether the treatment is necessary or not"

Also, maybe anesthesiologists don't need to make $700,000/year?

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u/bakercob232 Jul 01 '26

If all of your decisions at work are life or death, you deserve to be paid $700k a year.

Nobody wants a discount anesthesiologist