A single payer system does not eliminate the option of going to a private company any more than the existence of public schools has eliminated the option of private schools.
What it WILL do is make expensive healthcare available to those who cannot afford it.
lom: No, this is the very scenario I'd want to avoid.
Without some level of public aid, that "scenario" is inevitable. That "scenario" is happening right now in Arizona.
Compassionate conservatism at work.
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Date: 14/12/10 20:48 (UTC)What it WILL do is make expensive healthcare available to those who cannot afford it.
lom: No, this is the very scenario I'd want to avoid.
Without some level of public aid, that "scenario" is inevitable. That "scenario" is happening right now in Arizona.
Compassionate conservatism at work.