dalm mentions one of the biggest issues, the cost that the county hospitals incur to take care of the "indigent", those without coverage.
take parkland for example, which is one of only 2 (?) hospitals that will provide services to indigent patients. patients from outside of dallas county get care, but the cost falls on dallas county taxpayers.
that needs to be corrected, and it seems the onpy manner to accomplish this is by way of universal coverage for all americans.
universal coverage does not equate to government run healthcare. private insurers can be used to provide this coverage and private institutions can be used to deliver the services.
likewise individuals can continue to pay for the insurance that allows thenm to choose which doctors and which facilities they use.
we don't need to reinvent the system, we need to repair it.
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