Health Law Tax Penalty? I’ll Take It, Millions Say
I think we&#x27;re just experiencing the ultimate end game of the system. The ACA was nothing more than ointment on an infected wound.  It worked for a time but it is becoming more and more obvious that this leg our economy needs to be amputated.<p>We <i>need</i> a single payer system or at the very least a single body that negotiates the price of all drugs and health care services <i>on behalf of all Americans</i>. Frankly I&#x27;m surprised that the insurance companies aren&#x27;t lobbying for such a thing as it could be their only hope for continued existence very soon.<p>The pharmaceutical industry would practically go to war to prevent a single payer or a price-fixed system but they would lose if they&#x27;re opponent was the insurance industry (and the American people; who have very low esteem for &quot;big pharma&quot;).<p>A most interesting change resulting from an American single payer system would be the <i>increase</i> of drug prices for everyone else (other countries). As it stands right now the only reason drug companies can get away with some of their lower prices in single-payer countries is because the US can and will make up the cost. Lowering the cost of drugs in some countries really <i>does</i> result in higher costs for Americans.