Interesting alternative to the health care debate that I thought of

[Lambsbread]

So I've been thinking the past few days about the issue of health care and the argument of free market vs. the mandate...and then I thought of this:

What if the government insured only those who cannot afford health care and left health care choice to individuals who can afford it.

Does anybody think this could work? Or is there some fatal flaw that I'm overlooking?

[Lambsbread]

It's called Medicaid.

I see.

[Lambsbread]

It's called Medicaid.

I see.

I don't know what that's supposed to mean, but you've basically described what Medicaid is.

I didn't mean it condescendingly, I just had forgotten about medicaid.

[Lambsbread]

It's called Medicaid.

I see.

I don't know what that's supposed to mean, but you've basically described what Medicaid is.

I didn't mean it condescendingly, I just had forgotten about medicaid.

that's ok, they don't want you to know about it - and it won't exist for much longer.

lol

[Lambsbread]

Extension of medicaid to cover all poors but probably have like ten times the cost of obamacare, especially with no mandate-esque price-limiting mechanism.

I don't understand how it would cost more to cover less people...