Quote Originally Posted by Sugarblaster
universal healthcare would destroy insurance company selling. pharmaceutical companies could still operate, they just won't make as much money as before, they'll still get paid.
Right if you take out the middle man and the profit motive you could potentially have a much more efficient system. We pay so much more in administrative cost than those countries with government funded systems. Heck Medicare is socialized medical care and people are very happy with it and it has very low administrative costs. A combined system would force the private insurers and providers to compete with the government system and most likely lower their costs as well.