Nicely done, Mr. Indepenant. You came just short of calling me a liar outright. Also, nice bit of disrespect by never using my correct handle: “PhyCon”. I doubt you ever wanted intellectual debate since you remain obstinate to recognizing the main fallacy of your statements:
Healthcare Insurance IS NOT Healthcare
You state: “…health care costs will lower by using primary care to prevent much of the emergency care that is required for minor diseases…” and later “providing that expense (universal ER access) is much more expensive than providing universal health insurance”. (You sure your aren’t parroting lefty talking points? TOTO liked that same claim about “$50k amputations”.)
No. By “providing universal health insurance” you are doing two things: #1) taking money out of my pocket to provide such insurance to those who can’t/won’t buy it for themselves and #2) expanding the base of the insured who will then utilize the medical system.
#1) Above is the exact same thing as “universal ER access” and means you are still taking money out of ‘my pocket’. No differnce except now those ‘without insurance now’ will have it and #2) applies.
While #2) sounds like a good idea, please note this: Your Titanic
(in case the link dies: http://www.american.com/archive/2010/january/the-high-cost-of-no-price)
With that, your case is moot.
