Comment on: Re: Re: What is this election's most dangerous idea?

Bigthink — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 18:54:00 +0100

You have it exactly right, TexanCraig. I would like to amplify a bit, though, because if I understand Sen. Clinton's proposal, it is much less than a single-payer universal plan. As such, a reasonable case could be made that it is a very dangerous idea. Imagine who would get coverage and the exorbitant prices they would be forced to pay for it when the insurance companies have completed their databases on genetic predispositions to disease. Of course, the government would then be forced to step in and legislate that no one could be denied coverage. In response, the insurance-industry lobbyists would tie up Congress and the public airwaves in an endless and obscenely expensive battle that benefits no one. In contrast, cutting out the middlemen -- the insurance companies -- would end this nonsense, provided that the GOP gets behind it. If the GOP persists in its opposition we can burn our efforts and enormous piles of money endlessly.
So Sen. McCain could be correct, although not for the reasons he articulates. Meanwhile, the price and fractured supply of health care in this country will continue to be an object of universal ridicule, scorn and shame.

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