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 @BDVP2NJ from Tennessee  agreed…3wks3W

Single-Payer healthcare would be ineffective and wasteful. Roughly 25% of our annual tax revenue that is spent on healthcare is wasted due to poor administration, ineffective treatment, or fraud. On the other hand, private-sector healthcare is often higher quality, with shorter wait times, better treatment, and a wider variety of options for treatment and personalized care. Furthermore, the free market will encourage businesses to compete for business by offering better services at better prices, which could lower the overall cost of healthcare in the country, and companies will offer servi…  Read more

 @BCL9XHB from Arizona  agreed…3mos3MO

Health care is made up by taxes, therefore single payer healthcare is much harder to maintain because you pay the taxes individually and may not get money back for claiming people on your tax return and tax rate.

 @BCJ7VXKLibertarian  from Florida  agreed…3mos3MO

Abolishing patent monopolies would have the same effect of making it more affordable without government inefficiency shown by other countries with socialized medical care. U.S is pretty high in cancer survival rate already too.

 @BBBSXQZ  from Pennsylvania  agreed…4mos4MO

Long wait times for specialized care and elective procedures, potential for reduced innovation, and limited patient choice regarding providers.

 @RIPCharlieRepublican from Pennsylvania  agreed…6mos6MO

Thomas Sowell put it best: "It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it"

 @BF3N32X from Texas  agreed…3 days3D

Critics of a single-payer healthcare system argue that it could create more problems than it solves, especially in a country like the United States, which already spends about 17–18% of its GDP on healthcare—more than any other developed nation. They point out that replacing private insurance with a government-run system would likely require major tax increases, which could simply shift costs rather than reduce them. Evidence from countries with similar systems, such as Canada and the United Kingdom, also shows that while coverage is more universal, patients often experience longe…  Read more

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