re: #65 dangerman

right - this is more of a hunch than anything ive thought out and its more of an insurance market approach

everyone should have to participate in catastrophic / major coverage - and emergency coverage - you cant plan, save or shop for those things and they are costly

ordinary care is more like service contract - if you want to pay for your own routine care, or get ins coverage, or just not see a doctor, i think that may be fine. you cant enforce wellness. otoh, for those who want or need routine coverage and cant afford it, then solutions get thorny

i’m not against any definition of single payer, medicare for all, etc

I don’t really see how you can separate them. I’d rather pay a bit more so my coworker with the flu goes and gets it seen about rather than having to be at work because he can’t afford the visit.