r/HealthInsurance • u/pandapower63 • Apr 14 '24

Plan Choice Suggestions What can regular Americans who are fed up with their health insurance do about it?

I’ve written my elected officials in government. What else can we do? It’s depressing and it’s wrong. That people can’t get healthcare easily and affordably. People are dying early because they don’t get the care they need.

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '24

There’s waits now. This is the weakest argument against single payer. Try to get a colonoscopy less than 6 weeks out. Insurance or self pay, it doesn’t matter. You can’t do it.

And if you can’t afford healthcare wait times don’t matter bc you just don’t go.

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u/No_Panda_9171 Apr 14 '24

Exactly!

At least with single payer, I won’t have to pay a shit ton of high copays, premiums and deductibles let alone argue with insurance over denied claims and confusing in/out of network providers that changes constantly. I will gladly pay higher in taxes than deal with this bullshit.

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u/PossibleBig2562 Apr 14 '24

And THIS is why the government needs to be removed from private business