Hello, Friends of the Insurance Mom Interweb-sphere,
If you’re keeping current on the presidential candidates, you hear some shouts about a “single-payer” health care system. What does that mean, you ask?
Well, the short answer is (wait for it!) … taxes would go way up but everyone would have access to health care. What’s your opinion? Is this a good trade-off? Higher taxes for everyone in exchange for access to “free” (actually, pre-paid) medical care? Do you trust your government to be good money managers with your (increased) tax dollars?
Smart brains in the insurance world think it’s very unlikely that a single-payer system would happen in every state, but Colorado is giving it a try and putting the single-payer model on its ballot this Fall.
Check out this interesting article on the pluses and minuses on this micro-example of some macro-ideas floating around in our country.
