And the Medicare model is broken. Medicare costs have spiraled out of control, especially in recent years.
The free market has not failed, it was never allowed to function AS a free market. The AMA’s support is a chimera, in that they are essentially a restrictive form of organized labor. Don’t even get me started on the VA: As a vet, I will tell you that the VA is a nightmare.
I don’t fully understand how you can duck the “socialized” question, when Obama is heavily touting a single-payer system as being superior.
I don’t know enough about the details of the plan to speak to the issue of whether or not private insurance will be outlawed, but would say that it does sound ridiculous, on it’s face.
It’s far more interesting to me that the Dems, who now effectively control the Executive Office and both the Senate and the House, can’t seem to pass to pass this bill. With Franken’s admission into the Senate, a filibuster effectively becomes moot (yes, I realize two key Dem Senators are out for health related reasons, including Ted Kennedy), so what’s the problem?
