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Free Market Cure is dedicated to correctly diagnosing the problems with the U.S. health care system and promoting solutions which preserve and extend individual liberty.
Hollywood and the Democrats are gearing up to bring socialized medicine to the U.S. under the guise of "universal healthcare". Americans should be aware,
however, that government-run health care means high taxes, medical rationing - and waiting lists to see specialists, get diagnostic tests and to receive surgery.
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Government-run health care systems typically deliver quick and cheap primary care to most people (and thus most voters). However, if one becomes truly sick and needs access to
specialists and technology, they fall far short. Public systems cater to the needs of the health majority of voters, while denying care to the very sickest citizens.
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Why is health care so different from other sectors of the economy? Simply put, consumers don't pay for health care the way
they pay for most other goods and services. The result has been high health care spending and waste.
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Rather than turn over basic health care decisions to HMO bureaucrats as we did in the mid-90's or to government bureaucrats as many are now advocating, we should choose market
reforms that encourage competition, contain costs and give patients choices.
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A single-payer health care system is one in which a single-entity, the government collects almost all of the revenue for and pays almost all of the bills for the health care system. It's
is popular among the political left in the United States who have emitted tons of propagand in favor of a single-payer system, much of which has fossilized into myth.
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Consumer-driven health care is based on a simple premise: move health insurance back to a more traditional definition of insurance - that is, cover people for unlikely and catastrophic
events. For smaller expenses, people should be empowered with health dollars, and thus given incentive to shop around.
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