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In response to "For the record, healthcare for all will possibly (high likely actually) put me out of my job. " by sycor

Yeah, any kind of full public healthcare is going to take out all or most of the health insurance industry -- (edited)

Posted by ty97 Mar 4 '20, 10:21

and the implementation of the healthcare system would certainly need to include transition support for careers in a new industry for impacted individuals

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I would expect a significant portion of the workforce would transition instead to federal jobs, but yeah, not everyone. -- nm - znufrii Mar 4, 10:25 4
- Exactly - it's not like we go to Medicare for All and it wipes out all the people who work in the industry. nm - Turd Ferguson Mar 4, 10:36 3
  - It would reduce fairly meaningfully. Insurance brokers, claims determinations would presumably be much more limited, etc. - pmb Mar 4, 11:01 2
    - Probably so - but you also have to factor in that there will be even more focus on waste and proper billing. - Turd Ferguson Mar 4, 11:08 1
      - I think you have that backwards. Insurance companies profits depend on not paying for things they don't have to. If you think the government is - pmb Mar 4, 11:15
Here Medicaid is actually a disability based program. We follow the same rules and guidelines that SSA use -- (edited) - sycor Mar 4, 10:25

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Yeah, any kind of full public healthcare is going to take out all or most of the health insurance industry -- (edited)

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