Here is another study using the CBO’s numbers. Pay attention to things like private insurance has an administrative cost in regard to collecting premiums. Medicare does not report its cost for collecting its money because the IRS does it for them. It costs a lot to do it but they do not report it because it is another government agency. There are quite a few government agencies involved this way. These are the hidden costs. The studies are out there. Just because you do not like the source does not mean the information is incorrect.

Saying that it does not count is like saying that my snowball stand has low overhead because the neighbor gives me the ice. It still costs someone.

In the case of Medicare, it all costs the taxpayer and the costs are hidden. When they are all totaled we can see how Medicare has higher costs. It is quite simple.

When a private company hides costs it is called cooking the books and people go to jail for it. When the government does it it is called cost savings…

America has about 20 million illegals many of whom are in poor health. They die younger and add to the number. America has more obese people than Canada and Canada has more daily smokers. These things are items that all the access in the world will not correct.

People have to want to lose weight or quit smoking.

The difference of ~2 years is not a big one.

All insurance carries extra money for the risks of those not insured. In auto insurance it is called uninsured motorist protection.

There are a number of reasons for the high costs. I have spelled them out but you fail to see. You have your mind made up, good for you, but it does not make you correct.

DAR
Hey, the wife says that one is pretty pretty funny!

D.
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US longevity: 77.7 years
Canada: 80.1 years

(2005)

DAR
Then he should and stop freeloading.

BIGD: He can’t get it because he had cancer.>>

DAR
I don’t believe that. You can shop around and get coverage with riders.

Bigd: “he can afford to pay for his own health care.”

DAR
I doubt it. Not if something big happens. Either way, if he racks up a bill he can’t pay, he knows others will step and pay for it. He knows our socialist net will catch him.

Are you saying the following is not true? And if so, upon what basis?

“The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured. The remaining sum (almost $43 billion in 2005) is primarily paid by two sources: Roughly one-third is covered by a number of government programs, but two-thirds is paid by people with health insurance through higher premiums.”

LINK

D.

it’s that people who don’t have the money to pay for good insurance deserve to die.

Blake has the money to pay for insurance. He can’t get it because he had cancer. However, he can afford to pay for his own health care.

You are wrong.