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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Carragher who wrote (7257)	6/30/2009 8:52:00 AM
From: skinowski	Respond to of 42652

Good points. We talk here a lot about costs, but part of the problem is also abuse. People find "openings" in the "air tight" government programs. One of the impossible problems which a single payer system will face is that they'll keep creating new "openings" while attempting to control old ones. And everything they decide will be - quite literally - a "federal case" - huge, with big repercussions. They will continuously struggle between allowing to much -- and being to restrictive. And the decision about who will get which will depend on.... political connections. We all know how this plays.

To: John Carragher who wrote (7257)	6/30/2009 11:35:19 AM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

The 'hodgepodge' of current state regulations is a big problem, as a self employed trader I have experienced it firsthand when moving from one state to another. Choice of healthcare offerings by insurance firms vary very WIDELY from state to state, with my home state of NY a BIG problem in that there is very little to no choice in plans around the suburbs of NYC... As far as the coverage you talk about, it's a good question, and I don't know how it will pan out. Regards, John