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Disability Lifeline Saves More Money Than It Costs
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Same goes for health insurance. We save money by having people insured - for all the same reasons.
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The first mistake is believing that conservatives care one whit about saving money; they don't. Shifting costs from government agencies onto the shoulders of the private sector achieves two goals: 1.) it reduces the amount on money government needs to bring in, thus shrinking both the overall size of government as well as reducing its ability to control costs in the private sector, and; 2.) cost-shifting creates practically endless opportunities for for-profit companies to upcharge customers and therefore increase their profit margins.
Sure, it costs more - a LOT more - in real dollars to cover these people without the government support, but nobody in their right mind believes for a second health care providers are simply absorbing those additional costs themselves. They pass them along in the form of increased premiums, inflated billing-for-services rates, and a myriad of processing charges and late-payment fees, all of which in the end come directly out of the pockets of their customers. And with each additional amount billed, it's pretty much guaranteed that a healthy profit-margin is factored in, which is really what this is all about.
Anyone who believes any differently is simply deluding themselves..
Sure, it costs more - a LOT more - in real dollars to cover these people without the government support, but nobody in their right mind believes for a second health care providers are simply absorbing those additional costs themselves. They pass them along in the form of increased premiums, inflated billing-for-services rates, and a myriad of processing charges and late-payment fees, all of which in the end come directly out of the pockets of their customers. And with each additional amount billed, it's pretty much guaranteed that a healthy profit-margin is factored in, which is really what this is all about.
Anyone who believes any differently is simply deluding themselves..
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I remember the day when we did read in the evening newspaper, from time to time, about some poor soul who died on the hospital steps because he was unable to pay the cost of treatment.
I never thought I'd live to see the day when a major political party in this country would advocate policies that would return us to those sad days. But I have.
I never thought I'd live to see the day when a major political party in this country would advocate policies that would return us to those sad days. But I have.
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You're such a tax-and-spend liberal, Goldy. Hahaha, see what I did there? I said a thing that means absolutely nothing.
Seriously, though, these people do not give one single shit about saving money. It's all an ideological crusade against government itself. They oppose the very concept of mandated collective action, whether it helps people or not.
Seriously, though, these people do not give one single shit about saving money. It's all an ideological crusade against government itself. They oppose the very concept of mandated collective action, whether it helps people or not.
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Comte, the people how get medical coverage through DL don't get pay premiums to for-profit insurance companies, nor do they go to private for-profit medical providers. They go to clinics which take Medicaid-like cards, and those clinics are non-profit.
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