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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (118629)8/18/2009 12:52:19 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541952
 
Lots of questions leap to mind.

1. Is Blue Cross/Blue Shield eligible? Because it is a non-profit, as I recall.

2. Can they scale up to effectively bargain for drug prices, hospital prices, doctor prices, you name it?

3. Related. Can there be national co-ops?

4. What are the likely mechanisms that would enforce price and eligibility discipline on private insurance?

No doubt I'll have more if this stuff gets taken seriously.