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John H[_2_]

On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:25:30 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:00:42 -0400, hk
wrote:

I am entirely in favor of destroying the health insurance industry, and
replacing it with a system whose primary consideration is the best
outcome for patients.

There you go. ;-)

So much for "you can keep your existing plan" huh?

Why? What *I* favor and what our political system will allow, in
health care insurance, are hardly the same thing. Frankly, I think the
plan I have is pretty good; the shame is that it isn't available to most
Americans. How it would be paid for if it were universal is an entirely
separate discussion.

I suspect the Democratic leadership is more in tune with your thinking
than what the senate passed (basically a bill written by 2 United
Health Care lobbyists). That is why Dean was raising so much hell. I
am sure they cooled him out by telling him this was just the first
step to a single payer system but they have to kill off all the
insurance companies first. This should do it.
I really don't have a dog in this fight since I will be on Medicare
next year anyway so I am already going to be on a government single
payer system, like it or not.

Be prepared to be inundated with ads for a Medicare supplement.
--
John H

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