Lon Shapiro
Jul 30, 2017 · 1 min read

Yeah, like the military. And police. And firefighters. And bridges, dams, highways, hydro-electric plants, airports, public education, food and drug inspection, environmental protections, child labor laws, auto safety standards, manufacturing worker protections, etc.

Here’s a quick review of where the money goes in health care. Before the ACA, $750 billion dollars per year was wasted in the health care sector:

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/09/how-the-us-health-care-system-wastes-750-billion-annually/262106/

Administrative costs are still killing the US, as the ACA allows for-profit insurance companies to do all the inefficient things they did before:

http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/administrative-costs-are-killing-us-healthcare

The problem is not the government, it’s the for-profit health insurance industry that funnels money away from patient care.

Maybe if you read something outside of your bubble, you might ask a few question, intead of issuing general statements with no basis in reality.

    Lon Shapiro

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    Father of two amazing men. Peak Performance coach for professional athletes. Ad agency creative director, writer & artist. Tireless research. Author of 5 books.

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