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    3 hours ago

    Yeah, no. Private insurance is NOT comparable to Medicade. Even if the patient isn’t paying for it, the government is. Private insurance companies under Obama care get to make 25% profit, where Medicare doesn’t profit. Even if you assume equal levels of care, it’s still going to cost the country 25% more because the private insurance companies have to turn profit. If you’re trying to reduce the costs, that means denying care, and you’ll end up looking like UHC.