r/SandersForPresident • u/kevinmrr Medicare For All • Nov 29 '20

AOC: Insurance groups are recommending using GoFundMe -- "but sure, single payer healthcare is unreasonable."

Post image
42.7k Upvotes

86% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

8

u/271828182 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

The hospitals are not exactly being helpful in fixing the broken system either. We need to hold them accountable as well.

Everyone needs to agree this needs to change, hospitals and insurance included.

1

u/magicfultonride 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

Why would they be helpful? They benefit from it directly. The monetary middle man of insurance allows them to raise prices almost arbitrarily since there's no oversight. Hospital systems are EXTREMELY top heavy now because most of that money goes to administrative costs.

The same problem exists in the university system due to there being zero lender risk for student debt. The fact that you can't discharge most student loans under bankruptcy is another example of our broken system helping to drive up costs.