Quote Originally Posted by 'Anozireth',index.php?page=Thread&postID=76647#pos t76647
You're certainly correct about government insurance though. It's amazing how inefficient things can become when there is no need to worry about making money.
Medicare/Medicaid is the government health insurance I was referring to, then generalizing about health insurance after "universal healthcare" would be enacted. If universal healthcare were brought into play, why should my employer continue to provide health insurance? Exactly - that's what'll happen in the long run.. everyone will fall under the inefficient umbrella of government health insurance.

As for VA hospitals... don't get me started. They use the cheapest crap possible and cut so many corners, without regard to the quality of the devices used. When they're offered the choice of a quality stent with a 4% failure rate over 5 years for $1200 (well under non-government hospital price), or a cheap stent with an 38% failure rate over a 5 year period for $900, they go cheap. That's a drastic difference in quality for a 33% markup. Some things in healthcare should NOT be done at the expense of the patient's health, especially over a $300 difference when the cost of the procedure is around $5,000-$20,000. How much is the surgery going to cost when that stent breaks and they need to be in the O.R. again? That's right, Medicare will pay for it... more government waste and needless agony for the patient.