Then why hasn't it been solved? Is the New World Order/Illuminati somehow repressing the Truth?
Your post proves my point. You were sick and COULD pay. Others can't. When you ran out, it was most likely GOVERNMENT that bailed you out. That robust safety net is GOVERNMENT. If you had received your wish, you would still be in screaming pain.
Nope. Medical Bills have a way of getting paid, and more mechanisms exist than ever to get that done. Local charity, crowdfunding sites, doctors willing to write off the debt. Government shouldn't be the robust safety net, it at most should be the last resort.
Involving government only guarantees that medical services will be less efficient, more expensive, and even harder to pay for for everyone. That is moving the ball in the wrong direction. And don't assume government is the safety net, either, because it is easy to fall through the cracks in government programs, too.
When people can't pay outright for services, there are ways to set up payment plans.
Local hospitals are often pretty good at working with patients to recoup what might otherwise be a loss for them, and will generally work with the patient to establish some form of getting paid over time rather than take a loss.
Those who can pay, do, but ultimately (and the BIG LIE of Obamacare was that people were turned away and dying in the streets), no one is turned away because they can't pay. Legally, that can't be done for medical necessities.
It doesn't mean you get the Honeymoon Suite, but you'll receive essential treatment.
Fundraisers and Charitable contributions--benefit auctions, dances, and other fundraisers, right down to jars on the counter at convenience stores asking for donations, all help.
Don't knock that. Charitable donations come from private and corporate sources, and even pharmaceutical companies.
Donations of everything from equipment, facilities, cash to keep programs going or underwrite the cost make a difference every day. Few hospitals in this region have not been the recipient of six figures or more worth of equipment or facilities from oil companies or oilfield service companies funding everything from CAT scan equipment to trauma bays. People receive treatment they otherwise could not afford because of programs instituted by Pharma companies to help patients who could not otherwise afford the medication they need.
EMS and Fire services have similarly been recipients of such corporate largesse, and of the donations in cash, services, facilities, and equipment made by individuals and businesses alike. Many EMTs and Firefighters are still very well trained volunteers.
Then there is crowdfunding. If a bunch of liars protesting a pipe in the ground can raise millions of dollars, then a sincere appeal on line, advertised through social media can raise a lot for a kid or others who need medical treatment or help paying the bill. While such appeals don't appeal to everyone, and while there are some who will scam that if they can, the means exists.
Ultimately, what has bailed out other patients who could not pay (what paid the bills) was a combination of raising rates to compensate (much the same as other businesses factor in breakage, spillage, or misallocation of materials when they set their prices), the ability of hospitals to write off bad debt, and selling unpaid accounts to collection agencies for a small fraction of the amount owed. (Collection agencies absorb the risk that they will be able to collect at least a fraction of the debt they buy for a relatively small percentage of the total amount owed).
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/121514/how-debt-collection-agency-business-works.asp
People are great problem solvers when mustered on someone's behalf. Every day, due to the goodness of people, houses are built, cars fixed, fires put out, wounds bound, people healed, housed, fed, and cared for, without directly involving government, far more efficiently and rapidly than any Federal program will.
Besides a safety net is the last resort for when people can't hang on, not the first line of defense. Every time Government steps in and shoulders people aside, people get less involved, our sense of community suffers, and people become less likely to fix their own problems or help others fix theirs. Stepping away from people taking care of each other more directly is a step in the wrong direction.
