Unified Health Care Financing (17 entries)

• I've got good health insurance now. Why should I want a change?
• Why are Washington State doctors, clinics and hospitals going bankrupt, and how would unified health care financing system improve this situation?
• What will happen to Medicare under a unified state health care financing system?
• What do small businesses have to gain from this, since not all of them currently pay health coverage for their employees?
• How will the unified health care financing system remain independent from budget battles in our state legislature?
• Won't this type of system eliminate competition?
• Won’t a publicly run system be even more bureaucratic than insurance companies?
• Wouldn't doctors lose control of their practices?
• Why should I have to pay for the unemployed and for people whose stock portfolios have crashed?
• How will a unified financing system deal with rising costs?
• How will there be enough money to pay for comprehensive services for everyone?
• What will happen to Group Health Medical Cooperative and other medical organizations?
• What will happen to private insurance?
• Is this like the Canadian system?
• What will happen to union health trusts under the new system?
• Can Washington establish a state based health care system without violating ERISA, U.S. congressional legislation which states that you can't dictate to employers what type of insurance they provide?
• How will you keep people from moving to Washington State to take advantage of our health care system?