> > Read my lips, Barry - there's no 'opt out' > > in a universal, single-payer, national health > > care system. > > Bhairitu wrote > I'm sure sometime next month the premium > (extortion) bill will arrive in the mail. > Maybe so, but for how long?
"Someone has to cover the cost of that MRI machine. If the public option does manage to crowd out other insuranceas it might well do, with the ability to dictate price controlsthen suddenly, the public option won't be cheap any more. Hello, fiscal crisis. That's the financial problem. Here's the political problem: if you insert a strong public option, the providers will revolt..." Read more: 'The Parlous Public Option' Posted by Megan McArdle Atlantic, October 27, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/yjd6hmm
