Well, if you listen to, say, the pharmaceutical companies, a single-payer plan in the US would mean that the sun would become black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon become as blood. And the stars of heaven would fall unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And heaven would depart as a scroll when it is rolled together. And every mountain and island would be moved out of their places. Something like that.From: Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Washington Post 16 Nov:-Gore already was making political news. On Wednesday night, he told a New York audience that he had "reluctantly come to the conclusion" that the only solution to the "impending crisis" in health care was a "single-payer national health insurance plan" for all Americans. That marks a sharp break with his past position, pushing him sharply to the left on what could be an important issue in the next presidential campaign.Without putting any particular faith in Gore, what is a "single-payer national health insurance plan" in the US context?
Carl
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