Since no one seems to know what the final proposal will say, I feel pretty certain that the result of "reform" will cost me more and reduce the level of service I am getting today.
I fear that the noble objective of "reform" will mutate to appeasement of the many special interests, and once again we will end-up with a costly set of new regulations that no one - including the people who vote on it - understands.
As they say down at the local gas station "If it's broke, and you don't know nuthin' 'bout 'chinery, don't mess
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I think you hit the nail on the head with regards to apeasement of special interests mucking up the reforms. Which is why the solution - to not only covering the uninsured, but controlling costs, which is the more dangerous problem to our economic well-being - is to throw out the whole system and replace it with a proven government-run one.
A proven government-run one?? I assume you mean Medicare and Medicaid -- both of which are soon going bankrupt, both of which stiff doctors on their fees, and Medicare will have to cough-up $404billion over the next 10 years to make the Baukus bill revenue neutral (won't happen). "Hope" is a tender hook to hang your future health care on.
Nope, not Medicare. There are many countries in Europe and elsewhere that have government run (or tightly regulated healthcare systems) that have better outcomes at far less cost than ours. We only need to acknowledge that the free market is not the solution. Then we can look at what works elsewhere and devise something far more effective than trying to game the current mess.
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