An Idea for Single Payer Supporters

 I have an idea for supporters of single payer healthcare.

1. Since it would be difficult to change Medicare much, we keep it as it is.

2. Since it would be relatively cheap, and it’s among the most effective healthcare, and makes the plan more workable, the Government would cover children from the time that their mother gets pregnant until they turn 18 years old.

3. For each citizen turning 18 years old the Government would fund a medical savings account with $100,000 (this number might be too low or too high).  Money from that account could be spent on any medical care that normally UK NHS provides for UK citizens.

4. If an individual’s spending goes over $100,000 between the ages of 18 and 65 the Government pays for all the overage.

5. When people reach age 65 the money left in the account would be theirs to keep.

6. If someone is diagnosed with diabetes or some other costly chronic disease before age 18 we might want to add some amount of money to their account.

7. We might have to do something to prevent people from delaying care when they are close to 65 years old.

Why, because too many USA citizens feel no compunction stealing from Government AND/OR insurance companies.

Addendum:

We might at some point try to get Medicare recipients on a similar program. Perhaps funding a health savings account for each person each 5 years and letting them keep unspent money at the end of each period.