Under such a Bill of "Medicare/Medicaid for all" the doctors WOULD then work for the Government, just as the doctors in the VA do now, and how one can assume they wouldn't is beyond me.

Right now, Taxes pay those doctors for those services, and thus under that system ALL doctors would be paid by tax dollars..So it would be JUST like the VA of Socialized Medicine.

Why not try something different for example, instead of paying the "Insurance Companies" a premium who then go to the doctors and work out a pay scale of they are willing to pay them for their services, Pay the Doctor yourself the amount of the monthly premium for his services to be your doctor--and work out between you and him as your doctor as to what services they would be willing to provide for that monthly amount.

Under such a Bill of "Medicare/Medicaid for all" the doctors WOULD then work for the Government, just as the doctors in the VA do now, and how one can assume they wouldn't is beyond me.

Right now, Taxes pay those doctors for those services, and thus under that system ALL doctors would be paid by tax dollars..So it would be JUST like the VA of Socialized Medicine.

Why not try something different for example, instead of paying the "Insurance Companies" a premium who then go to the doctors and work out a pay scale of they are willing to pay them for their services, Pay the Doctor yourself the amount of the monthly premium for his services to be your doctor--and work out between you and him as your doctor as to what services they would be willing to provide for that monthly amount.

Like Ricko's example above, a Medicare supplement does not pay the balance of a medical procedure it just pays 20% of what Medicare pays. If Medicare paid $360 on an MRI then his supplement only paid $72. A Medicare supplement is a rip-off that the private, for profit health INSURANCE corporations figure out another way to profit. My 88 yo Dad had heart stents in 2013. The operating facilities and overnight stay in the hospital bill ws over $82,000 and the doctor's bill was over $22,000. His Medicare with NO supplement paid the hospital $7800 and the doctor $2300. He never got a bill for anything. He pays $187/month for his Medicare.

I asked my doctor brother what the deal was that he never got a bill for what Medicare didn't pay and he said hospitals and doctors write off that difference as a loss and use it to reduce their income tax liabilities.

Remember when repubs accused the dems of rushing and ramming the ACA through Congress? With hypocrisy on display once again, with no holding of hearings, or giving the Congressional Budget time do do their analysis, the House repubs passed the AHCA that is, once again, going to hurt the elderly, the poor by gutting Medicaid and most of all those with pre-existing conditions, while giving the rich another tax break by nearly $300 billion over 10 years by repealing a payroll tax increase and a tax on their investment income imposed by the ACA.

Once again the private, for profit health INSURANCE is the big winner and premiums are going to continue to be ridiculously unaffordable to poor and moderate income Americans. One amendment allows states to ignore provisions in the ACA that bar health INSURANCE corporations from discriminating against Americans with pre-existing conditions and forcing them to pay higher premiums.

As unpopular as the ACA was with repubs it leaves the basic framework of Obamacare in place....hmmm

As only 20 repubs voted no to the ACHA, take a look at that group of wealthy men with guaranteed GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED HEALTH CARE (as Federal employees) as they laughed and celebrated as they took healthcare away from 24 million Americans. When I see this adoring puppy look in Paul Ryan's eye, my stomach immediately reacts violently. It may be a biological miracle, but there is a man without a spine.

The majority of Americans (58%) support single payer health care. A recent survey from the Economist/YouGov found that a majority of Americans support “expanding Medicare to provide health insurance to every American.”

It is time for the DC monkeys for their corporate organ grinders to start looking out for their constituents interest instead of their corporate masters!

Remember when repubs accused the dems of rushing and ramming the ACA through Congress? With hypocrisy on display once again, with no holding of hearings, or giving the Congressional Budget time do do their analysis, the House repubs passed the AHCA that is, once again, going to hurt the elderly, the poor by gutting Medicaid and most of all those with pre-existing conditions, while giving the rich another tax break by nearly $300 billion over 10 years by repealing a payroll tax increase and a tax on their investment income imposed by the ACA.

Once again the private, for profit health INSURANCE is the big winner and premiums are going to continue to be ridiculously unaffordable to poor and moderate income Americans. One amendment allows states to ignore provisions in the ACA that bar health INSURANCE corporations from discriminating against Americans with pre-existing conditions and forcing them to pay higher premiums.

As unpopular as the ACA was with repubs it leaves the basic framework of Obamacare in place....hmmm

As only 20 repubs voted no to the ACHA, take a look at that group of wealthy men with guaranteed GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED HEALTH CARE (as Federal employees) as they laughed and celebrated as they took healthcare away from 24 million Americans. When I see this adoring puppy look in Paul Ryan's eye, my stomach immediately reacts violently. It may be a biological miracle, but there is a man without a spine.

The majority of Americans (58%) support single payer health care. A recent survey from the Economist/YouGov found that a majority of Americans support “expanding Medicare to provide health insurance to every American.”

It is time for the DC monkeys for their corporate organ grinders to start looking out for their constituents interest instead of their corporate masters!