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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (90938)9/30/2007 11:35:19 PM
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I'm not against single payor in principle. It's not a panacea for all that ails the US health care system. It would solve some of the problems or rather, exchange those for others which may be less objectionable. GDP expenditure on health care would be reduced, and there would be no "uninsured" by definition. Cost-shifting would be eliminated, resulting in significant savings. If tied in with an effective tort reform proposal, more savings would be realized (and some of the expected loss in medical manpower would be attenuated a bit).

On the downside, there would be a real reduction in availability of care on demand i.e., waiting lists for services where there are currently none (of course, for the uninsured the "wait" can be infinite currently). Certain services would be eliminated (things like dialysis for patient's over a certain age, some transplants, some marginal operations that have limited proven benefit). I don't think people who are proponents (of single payor) have realistic expectations on this, and how it will impact the average person. In my opinion, it's a "pick your poison" choice, but the more dysfunctional the current system gets, the better by comparison single payor is.
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