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Old 5th November 2019, 05:58 PM   #147
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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.
I have no doubt that a national health insurance program similar to most of Europe could work. I just don't see it as politically feasible right now. The winning health care plan would be, bring back he ACA to include mandate and offer Medicare as a plan option in those markets where there are few or no private options. You offset some of the cost by having the customer pay the means tested premium that they would have paid for a commercial plan.
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