Reply #211: that's what the co-pay would hopefully accomplish... [View All]

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$10- which could even be waived for repeat and/or serious cases. but for routine things that people should be able to handle on their own, or for chronic hypochondriacs, $10 or even $20 bucks a pop might make them think a little more responsibly.

other than that, it would be "free" in that all the fees would be paid out of taxes- and although the taxes would be higher, people wouldn't be paying for insurance, or having deductions for it from their paychecks...so for most who already pay for insurance in some form, it would probably close to a "wash" in monetary terms.

the main thing is that insurance companies would be sucking their "profit" as a needless middleman out of the system.