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Old 4th November 2019, 10:29 AM   #126
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Originally Posted by CORed View Post
I have a feeling that Warren's plan to eliminate private insurance and force everyone immediately into single payer may be a fatal flaw, politically, if not in implementation. Americans do not like to be forced to do much of anything. Fore example, the mandatory purchase of insurance in the ACA was probably its least popular feature. People who have good insurance plans will certainly be very unhappy at being forced into what they will likely perceive, rightly or wrongly, to be the inferior government plan. I suspect Warren will have a lot of difficulty getting her plan approved by even a Democrat controlled Congress. An opt-in type of plan will likely get us to single payer over time, as many employers will decide that they do not need to offer a full health insurance plan.
Great you just described the Public Option Obama wanted but got shot down.
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