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Originally Posted by Arles
So, part of the answer to our high health care costs are nurses and doctors need big pay cuts? I just don’t understand how a single payer system cuts costs enough to justify the bigger expense? Here are some of the reasons for our high heath care costs:
1. High Salaries for nurses and doctors.
2. Expectation of quick surgeries/low wait times.
3. We want the ability to pick our doctors and specialists.
4. We have a very large number of people to cover.
5. We have an unhealthy lifestyle with fast food and little exercise.
6. The US foots the bill for much of the drug R&D costs.
I don’t see a single payer system addressing any of these reasons.
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It addresses those issues indirectly by completely eliminating the costs for insurance salesmen, insurance benefit reviewers, insurance billers, insurance collectors, insurance IT departments, insurance business analysts, insurance software developers, insurance software testers, insurance personnel managers, insurance HR, insurance marketers, insurance licensing, insurance underwriters, insurance claims adjusters, insurance advisers, insurance telemarketers, insurance customer support, insurance advertisers, insurance risk managers, insurance graphic designers, insurance copywriters, insurance mail campaigns etc., before we even begin to consider any of the finer issues.