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Universal Health Coverage

"The united states government cannot become an insurance company." I do not propose that it become an insurance company. I propose that it purchase insurance (at discount, because of the number of plans that it would purchase) to cover those who cannot afford insurance. This is the way that insurance for Congress is done, and it works. "Also, if everyone can get insurance from the government for dirt cheap prices, everyone will regardless of their standard of living. With that many people enrolled in the program and at such low prices, the government is continually gunna have to poor money into the program." Read the proposal. The free health care would be only for those who could not afford it. The policy proposed clearly states that "People currently uninsured and unable to pay could join a need-based payment (you pay what you can) health system". Note the statement "unable to pay". "We need to find ways to incourage people to invest in insurance, not give it to them at the governments expense. If nothing else, our current state gives people a greater incetive to move up in life". What do you propose? If somebody cannot afford healthcare, how can you "encourage" them (learn to spell, there's a spell-checker right by the debate type box) to buy coverage? Give it to them at a price that they can afford. "Finally, if the government gets THAT involved in health care, its gunna start passing laws that attack the prices. Though i agree the prices are too high, we cant cap them off via law". I do not see the sense in this argument. It immediately assumes that the government will pass law to cap insurance prices when NOWHERE in the policy proposed does it state that the government would be legislating price caps. The government would be able to negotiate lower prices for health plans because it would be buying so many.