Saturday, October 31, 2009

The 2% solution - From the AP: "After all the fuss, public health plan covers few." It turns out that the CBO has determined that the House health care plan will attract only 2% of Americans. If the government-run plan is designed to be a low-cost counterweight to the private insurance companies, it will inevitably draw high risk patients who cannot get regular insurance. Without a pool of younger, healthier Americans joining the program, costs will spiral out of control especially since coverage cannot be denied. And who will benefit? Those evil for-profit insurance companies who will be happy to shed their problem patients.

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