Pete Buttigieg Unveils Health Care Plan | Morning Joe | MSNBC

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg unveiled his health care plan on Thursday, outlining a middle-of-the-road approach, according to new reporting from NBC News' Josh Lederman.
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  1. Automate a Gov. health care system that competes with the current system…
    Gov. system will make fewer medical errors resulting if fewer patient deaths, distribute cheaper drugs Nationwide, eliminate the cost of Human Staff lowering cost for the whole system!

    Private companies will be forced to improve quality, cut fat & produce results, Just as the market demands or go the way of the Caveman Society!

    1. Sam Dill because insurance companies are to be trusted? There is corruption everywhere. So we address that, not just throw out hands up.

    2. Ok regardless of what anything thinks of government or private insurance, the government is not PROVIDING the care. It’s just a question of PAYING for the care. Privatization has clearly NOT resulted in the best rates – other countries are cheaper, with better results. Our drug prices are a prime example of what happens when we don’t rein in the excesses of private companies.

    3. @Shawn Corbin You are joking? There is almost all private care in the country and it has the worst fatality rates and the highest costs in the Industrialised world. Actually the costs are the highest in the world.

    4. @Janet_Doe There will be no opt out of Medicare For All. Medicare For All makes it illegal for a Health Care Insurance Company to provide services that are covered by Medicare For All. Health Care in Canada is paid through taxes and though people may have supplimental insurance as does the UK, there is no optinhg out of it. Private Health Insurance is paid in addition to the taxes paid to the Government.

    5. @Oscar Gabriel No system in the world is perfect and the VA system makes no more errors than the private medical system does.

  2. the main difference between Pete and Harris plan is that Pete’s
    plan had a 1.0 version that was less detailed that was ALWAYS medicare for those who want it
    and a transition, which everybody knew the major points of…
    ….while Harris plan was initially to get rid of private insurance, and within 2 days
    she changed version 3 times!.

    But then she decided to take the Pete Buttigieg route and plan.
    SO Basically the difference is a consistent plan by Pete, which was the first and only
    such plan, and then Harris decided to mostly adopt it, once she saw her voters didnt like her plan.

    So its kinda weird to say well whats the difference between Pete’s “new”(its just more detailed) plan
    and that of the gold standard plan of Harris… its rather the other way around: what is the difference between Harris plan and the one of Pete.

    1. Kind of like it is a well.thought out plan instead of throwing crap at a wall and realizing you have to clean up Tha mess and try something else. I don’t get why people haven’t been able to see what Pete’s plans have been from the start. He knows congress has to pass these changes before he can sign them, so a plan to get there is key.

  3. Just allow people to buy into Medicare and outlaw drug companys to use rxcards to undersell ACA prices. The loopholes matter.

  4. It’s not government run, they just pay the bill to private providers, just like the current Medicare system.

    1. I think to lots of people, the difference is semantic… but in truth, the difference is huge, though the government sets payable rates for procedures for Medicare, the government isn’t an insurer itself (medicare is administered by different companies in each state). Some of the other plans would have the government enter a new area, wherein the government itself becomes an insurer, offering people an option that isn’t purely profit driven.

    2. @Ken Lord Medicare is administrated by the federal government, not by different companies in each state. Medicaid is run by the states.

  5. Is the Fire Department inconsistent with personal freedom? If I don’t want to subscribe to that service I shouldn’t have to pay for it, i’ll take the risk to put out the fire myself, right?

    1. I also have no desire to drive to work on the General Dynamics Expressway for a $4 fee in the mornings, and come home on the Exxon Turnpike for another $4 every evening, head to the supermarket along Purdue Pharma Avenue during peak shopping hours using a $50 10-trip punchcard, or take a cruise in the countryside this saturday over the scenic Amazon Primeway for a $40 per month membership.
      Because that’s how corporate privatization would do it.

    1. They can’t get past their own greed. They hear they’re going to get a grand a month and don’t care about anything else.

    2. If I had one question I could ask him, it would be “where’s you wheelbarrow?” Because any billionaire that proposes a plan that puts money in his pocket while putting nothing in the pocket of the poorest has to have balls so big he needs a wheelbarrow to carry them around.

  6. I don’t know anyone who is happy with their health insurance – some still go broke because of what they don’t cover and super high prescription costs – stop saying we’re happy with it

    1. You do not speak for everyone on private healthcare. I know of MANY people who like their private healthcare VERY much. Besides, what the heck is wrong with giving people a choice to keep their private healthcare if they want to?

    2. All my life I had plans that I pay 20% and they pay 80%. Now I’m on Medicaid and you get the a bunch of doctors and dentist with extremely low reviews and telling you that all this stuff is needed to make a buck off the government.
      There was a time you look for a job with a good salary, now I’m looking for one that provides good medical benefits

    3. under Buttigieg’s plan if your not happy with what you have, you move to a gov plan. Simple! I work for myself and have paid high insurance for a long time. I would be happy to go on a government plan. My friend who has negotiated her plan through a union loves her plan and would be really unhappy to have it taken away. I am glad we have one candidate who can offer something for everyone that he can explain!

    4. ​@Tom Price The VA is what happens when you nationalize hospitals. Not even Warren or Sanders are proposing that. All they’re proposing is to take the profit motive out of the middle man which is the insurance companies, by having medicare replace it. Since medicare isn’t a private company, it doesn’t need to make a profit and hence doesn’t need to inflate the price of healthcare higher than what it needs to be. That’s why the cost of healthcare in countries where insurance is nationalized is way less. It would also prevent the collusion between the hospitals and insurance companies from marking up the prices even further. It’s better if the private hospitals are only able to negotiate the prices with medicare so that way the hospitals can’t price gauge you as well. You notice that roads and fire departments save you a lot more money when they’re government run. People on medicare also prefer it much better to when they had private insurance. When you have all this fear being spread about medicare for all, the source are the private insurance companies who don’t want to lose business, and unfortunately the media and politicians are happy to parrot their talking points cause they’re also taking money from them. The media runs insurance ads remember that

  7. Recently, Israel has been accused of spying on the White House. Is Israel the source of the alleged communication between Trump and a Foreign Official?

  8. in Canada we have government run health care, but I still have a private insurer for the extras , it’s not one or the other here we have no choice of the government run one but we can and do supplement for things like dental, eye glasses, private rooms ect.

    1. But he’s not proposing public healthcare for all with optional supplementary insurance. He’s not proposing anything like Canada’s single payer system.

    2. Yea.. the idea that we (in the US) would somehow entirely outlaw private providers is laughable. But, a lot of the private insurers will be either eliminated or priced out if a significant private insurer comes in. Still, I think that a lot of the insurers (at least the bigger ones, particularly HMO networks) will find ways to compete and be attractive in the new system. Personally, I would find that a bit more feasible than a hard transition to a full single payer system (that would likely still take years).

    3. @Faber It is a single payer health care system that Bernie is proposing with supplimental health insurance for things not covered by Medicare For All. Pete is not offering Medicare For All, it is a public option that offers nothing more than the current system does. Pete’s plan retains Copays and Deductables and with the same cost of private insurance premiums. His policy is “The same old, same old.”

  9. OMG NOBODY is, “quite happy,” with their health insurance companies!

    If you are, you either own some of their stock, or you’ve had a MASSIVE head trauma!

    Whether it’s through their employer or not!

    Nobody likes their deductible, or their co-pays.

    Nobody is quite happy having to choose between buying food and medical bills.

    Grandma shouldn’t have to sell the house that Grandpa BUILT because they get sick or injured and his insurance goes up, or won’t cover what they need.

    Every other country on the planet guarantees that their people don’t have to pay an insurance company for health care, regardless of how many extra dollars a week their taxes increase.

    PLEASE, take my insurance deductibles, co-pays, X-ray and ambulance, and dental costs AWAY, it’s WORTH the few bucks a month extra in taxes to me so I’ll never get another hospital or doctor bill again.

  10. BUTTIGIEG IS FOR PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES BECAUSE HIS DONORS GET FUNDED BY THEM, HIS MEDICARE FOR ALL NAME-STEALING PLAN IS JUST WATERED DOWN PUBLIC OPTION MASSIVE GIFT TO PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANIES

  11. An example of how employer based health works is GM revoking it for the autoworkers on trike. They went on strike and GM said ok, your healthcare is suspended and now thereon COBRA for the duration. All the power is under corporate control, not the employee/worker. They decide what your plan is,not you.

  12. Warren or Sanders are not proposing a government take over of healthcare. That would require nationalizing the hospitals where people receive care. All they’re proposing is to take the profit motive out of the middle man which is the insurance companies, by having medicare replace it. Since medicare isn’t a private company, it doesn’t need to make a profit and hence doesn’t need to inflate the price of healthcare higher than what it needs to be. That’s why the cost of healthcare in countries where insurance is nationalized is way less. It would also prevent the collusion between the hospitals and insurance companies from marking up the prices even further. It’s better to have the private hospitals negotiating the prices with only medicare so that way the hospitals can’t price gauge you as well. You notice that roads and fire departments save you a lot more money when they’re government run. People on medicare also prefer it much better to when they had private insurance. When you have all this fear being spread about medicare for all, the source are the private insurance companies who don’t want to lose business, and unfortunately the media and politicians are happy to parrot their talking points cause they’re also taking money from them. The media runs insurance ads, remember that

  13. Buttigieg is intelligent and strategic. His plan speaks to a wide American population. A public option could be enrollment in the Federal healthcare plan which Trump and his family benefit.

  14. If you like your health insurance you can keep your health insurance……But you have to pay for your own health insurance out of your own pocket..

  15. Buttigieg go back home and fix the problems you created. Your city officials are corrupt and you want to replace Trump’s corruptions!!!!! You’re bought and paid for.

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