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Hoyt

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10. You can purchase very low deductible plans now, if you can pay for it.

Reply to Lydia Leftcoast (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 03:23 AM

Dec 2013

Last edited Fri Dec 27, 2013, 10:29 AM - Edit history (1)

I don't think deductibles are going away. Heck, Medicare has them, and significant coinsurance. Unless you opt for private insurance offerings, there is no out-of-pocket cap with Medicare. Would love for it not to be so, but it ain't going away here.

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Will the US health care system be tiered forever? [View all] eridani Dec 2013 OP

Like it or not, the road to single payer winds through Obamacare. MADem Dec 2013 #1

The most important thing about the ACA IMO is-- eridani Dec 2013 #2

Yes. And we've only been striving for this since before HRC got beaten to a pulp when she tried to MADem Dec 2013 #3

The systems in both the UK and Canada (which many DUers hold up as a model) are tiered. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #4

NO deductibles is a must Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #5

You can purchase very low deductible plans now, if you can pay for it. Hoyt Dec 2013 #10

If civilized countries don't need deductibles, then we don't either n/t eridani Dec 2013 #11

"It ain't going away here" Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #14

I agree, but deductibles aren't going anywhere. Even Medicare has them. Hoyt Dec 2013 #16

But cancer isn't a system designed by humans Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #18

Yeah sure, Obama barely got anything passed. If there had been no deductibles or coinsurance, the Hoyt Dec 2013 #19

When have the Republicans ever worked "within the obvious constraints"? Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2013 #20

I don't count that as tiering eridani Dec 2013 #6

That's fine and dandy... cherokeeprogressive Dec 2013 #15

There is no relationship between income and closeness to fire stations eridani Dec 2013 #17

Of course. "Single Payer" is and will always be for those who either don't want to or can't afford cherokeeprogressive Dec 2013 #7

Irrelevant eridani Dec 2013 #12

As long as you can pay for healthcare with private funds... seattledo Dec 2013 #8

Not really eridani Dec 2013 #13

Yes... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #9