Free-Market Health Care

Years ago. We had free-market health care many years ago, such as in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Economics. In the days of pioneering in the wilderness, payment included the possibility of bartering: payment sometimes occurred by food and/or services. There was an inter-dependency within a society of smaller towns and communities.

Health care. When someone got sick years ago, the impact on the health of others tended to be confined to a more specific population.

Now. The situation has changed dramatically since the 18th and even 19th, centuries.

Economics. Those times of bartering are generally in the past, no longer practical for the 21st century. That makes the need for simplicity in payment of health care a critical topic. We need the payment system to be efficient and effective.

Health care. Our society is much different than it was even 50 years ago. We have far more people. Our lives have a different type of inter-connection with each other from the standpoint of degree of exposure to others. We have much higher density populations. Our actions and our condition of health can potentially have a great impact on others. This is especially true in the topic of health and critically true in the topic of health crisis, such as the H1N1 flu which was announced in July 2009 as starting to spread dramatically.

We need single-payer, Medicare for All
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