Letters to the Editor
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Sarah
I am sorry about your hard luck story and the wrinkles, but firstly, no one has stipulated 5000 dollars a year inasmuch as the prices would be negotiated between the government and insurance system we have.
Theoretically, bringing down medical costs is possible with goverment assurance that a certain fixed number of people will be 'purchasing' ... 100 new customers at a lower rate is more money than 50 at a higher rate, essentially. This is why it is cheaper for large organizations to ensure insurance than for a single person or even family. Moreover, one is assuming as-yet-to-be-determined provisions and grants will be given for those living under the poverty line.
Moreover, it is exactly people who don't have health insurance who are helping to aid rising costs by NOT being covered and then being unable to pay. This is a vicious circle where costs rise to account for non-payment and emergency service and as a result there are more of these a year.
I would suggest it is you who do not see things for how they are.