> Judah wrote: > Interestingly enough, single payer folks aren't actually invited to > the summit. Curious that. > > All things considered, I probably favor a public option (ala Medicare) > for individual coverage along with a private insurance industry that > gets to compete as well.
See it's not curious. That's the thing. I don't need research because I understand the financial reality: (1.) Doctors, labs, pharma, and hosptials charge for their services (2.) Those charges typically exceed what an average citizen can pay for. (3.) Insurance is a business wherein people sell the risk that they'll have a event that they can't afford. (4.) Health care costs have risen so high that very little of that risk is worth purchasing. (5.) Currently Medicare, for example, doesn't even cover routine physician visits. Thus there is no "competing" between government and private industry and there won't be. Government uses private industry to administer Medicare, for example. Always has. Without private companies there IS no Medicare. So the solution is going to involve recreating the rules of the market and redesigning the roles government and various companies can play. The greatest impact of ANY change is going to be on doctors. And, oh boy, I can't WAIT till they start whining. When they do - and they will and it'll be VERY loud - I'll be the first to tell you. You can count on me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296652 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
