Well that covers immunization. What about every other malady under the sun? The working poor and destitute may not qualify for Medicaid.
You also do not address the underinsured.
UHC costs less, has better results and is for the good of the vast majority of our population. The privatized system you support is an anachronism held afloat by vested interests in the insurance field.
Let's watch our insurance dollars spent on advertising, golf tournament sponsorships, executive comp., lavish corporate headquarters, company jets, Footbal Stadiums...and all the rest that goes along with privatized insurance.
Privatized healthcare is inefficient and even wasteful compared to UHC.
I think many, if not most, of the working poor and destitute qualify for Medicaid, Medicare, and their state equivalents. Yes there are probably some that fall through the cracks and have no access to healthcare at all.
We were talking about the purported 49 million
uninsured. IMO, that number is inflated and/or misleading.
Privatized healthcare isn't perfect. I have no love for insurance companies. We had HMSA here raising rates while earning huge profits and sitting on a half billion dollar reserve.
Still, I'd rather let the marketplace handle this, warts and all, then create another government monstrosity that will cost everyone more money. We have made great strides without federalizing the entire healthcare system (for example, every employer in Hawaii must provide healthcare insurance to all employees who work more than 20 hours a week). We don't need the government taking this thing over.