"JT" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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The "guy/gal working for a living" are simply the largest sub-set of the
larger class of consumers. Consumers, you will doubtless be surprised to
learn, pay for EVERYTHING. The precise route the money takes in its
endless circulation may be of interest for any number of reasons, but
whether the feds or the insurance companies get a larger chunk of the
bits that go to health care on its way round and round is irrelevant in
and of itself. The real question is who makes more efficient use of it
en route.

That troubles me...

It should.....but not for the reasons you think.

What I think and my concerns are having our no-so efficient government
take over something as huge and complex as health care,

In which case, one shudders to speculate on what you might think about our
no-so efficient government take over something as huge and complex as,
say.....government.

"free" health care would need to be paid for through higher taxes or
spending cuts in other areas,

To be sure. So, are we to suppose that despite your keen insight into
efficiency and good governance, you can't of any areas in which spending
cuts might not be such a terrible idea? One would think that education
should come immediately to mind. After all, a lack thereof hasn't done you
any harm......right?

how flexibile would a government mandated system be,

That would depend to a great extent on what is mandated.

will people increase doctor visits,

Quite possibly. One would hope so.

medications,

Hard to say, but there is no good reason to suppose so.

etc...

Kind of vague.....impossible to evaluate with any hope of accuracy.

making the cost for health care much more than they currently are,

The conventional wisdom is that early detection and intervention drastically
reduces both the cost and necessary rigor or severity of treatment. You
should call the AMA and tell them that they've got it all wrong.

will healthy people pay the burden for people that are not so healthy,

You mean like they do now and, to one degree or another, have always done
(you HAVE heard of insurance.......right?)? Yes.

transitioning to a universal health care,

Yes.

lost jobs, business closure,

I'll be generous and assume that means something......but you're going to
have to explain just what.

if spending is out of control

and it most certainly is.

there will be no turning back with a government run plan.

Once again, it would be most helpful if the words provided some clues as to
the intended meaning.

Wolfgang