Ditto. I don’t have any specific stake in this whole healthcare debate, except to point out that currently, it’s highly inefficient and failing to a point where a solid majority of America supports reform.

This really isn’t an issue of socialism vs. capitalism. Healthcare is not a free-market. It’s highly manipulated and controlled. Anybody suggesting healthcare is free market capitalism is on crack.

It’s so bad, that in the mind of most people, the costs, quality an availability of care have become worse than what the government would provide under single-payer.

Government is the lesser of two evils… Let that sink in.

But set aside philosophical matters for a moment.

There is a SIGNIFICANT opportunity here to streamline healthcare delivery, and this would end up lowering operating costs for every business in USA that carries healthcare, as ours does. The costs are obscene. The market is broken. It’s not just GM. Get a clue.

Why would anybody oppose this?

Except for political reasons. Calculations of this nature need to take a backseat to dealing rationally with this economic crisis and putting our country back on a competitive footing.

And yes, GM should go BK. It needs to restructure.