SOC-S 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: American Health Care Act Of 2017, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Great Depression
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Went from providing for everyone - everyone"s fault for having bad health (choices) Trumpcare - american health care act, tax bill. Government owns administration of healthcare - not healthcare system - billing system. Increase bargaining power with insurance companies - right now no major bargaining. Left hand doesn"t talk to right hand - doctors not in contact. Politically unfeasible in usa - too many people in us that believe that is 1st step in direction of socialism/communism. Switzerland - have to sign up for health insurance - if u don"t, they sign u up. Germany - health sickness funds - brancan haasen - health funds occupationally placed - employers take hit if employees don"t sign up. Arguments if we could afford to take care of elderly and unemployed. There aint no such thing as a free lunch. How do americans expect to have all these benefits but don"t want.
