"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" - Ben Franklin.
That applies to selling out our freedoms for any type of security, be it physical, social, economic or in this case healthcare... But progs only seem to recognize the accuracy of that statement when talking about physical security.
When you use a third party to pay for goods and services, the cost of those goods and services aren't reduced, they skyrocket.
If your groceries were paid for by tax dollars, you'd rack up a huge bill at the supermarket, steak, lobster, whatever you wanted and you wouldn't think twice about the bill because you'd never see it.
"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free." - P.J. O'Rourke
Right... Because price controls have worked so well throughout history.
When the United States set maximum prices for gasoline in 1973 and 1979, dealers sold gas on a first-come-first-served basis, and drivers had to wait in long lines to buy gasoline, receiving in the process a taste of life in the Soviet Union.
Many consumers associate those headaches with the Arab oil embargo of 1973 or other oil shocks of the era.
But experts contend it was price controls, not a spike in oil and gas prices, that prompted rationing and gasoline shortages.
The same would be true if you used price controls under a single single payer system, long lines, rationing, and a reduction of services.
In 2007, national health care expenditures totaled $2.2 trillion. Health insurance profits of nearly $13 billion make up 0.6 percent of that. CEO compensation is a mere 0.005 percent of total spending.
What if that was stripped away? Well, it wouldn’t amount to a whole lot of savings for the health care system.
