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Friday, November 08, 2019

How Socialized Medicine Kills The Patient & Robs The Taxpayer


When it comes to something as important as healthcare, the last thing anyone should want is for the entire system to become a government-run monopoly...

In fact, socialist healthcare is based almost entirely on deception.

It works this way:

  • ...patients usually pay nothing (or a minuscule fee) at the point of service, thereby forming the false impression that healthcare is “free.”
  • Because it is “free,” consumer demand for healthcare skyrockets...
  • ...doctors prescribe hordes of often unnecessary tests, because they are “free” to the patient...
...The costs of providing healthcare, including everything from nursing to ambulance services, inevitably go through the roof.

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