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To: combjelly who wrote (655954)	5/21/2012 10:13:38 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579696

>> The ACA would not have that effect. A good example is already out there. Switzerland. They used to have a system very much like we have now. They were facing spiraling costs and a growing percentage of the population without coverage. Switzerland has a combined population equal to maybe the 3rd largest MSA in the US. Covering the population of Switzerland would be like covering the population of D/FW. There is a vast difference when you have a dozen or 20 levels of government between the person responsible for running the organization and the beneficiary. That is why Medicare is a train wreck and a money pit even though it has the luxury of total price controls. It can't function because nobody is responsible if it doesn't. And so what we how have is a system that after only one or two generations of "working" is on the brink of collapse, where benefits are being cut which obviously drives up the cost of health care for everyone else.

To: combjelly who wrote (655954)	5/21/2012 11:16:48 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579696

CJ, Oh nonsense. They are not trying to do anything like that. Democrats will continue putting more and more regulatory burdens on private health insurance until one of these days, the system will be unsalvageable. That's when Democrats will push for single-payer health care. The trick is that once you make an aspect of health care an entitlement, it will stay that way forever. Democrats know this, which is why even if parts of ObamaCare are repealed or revised, the whole of ObamaCare will stay forever. Like I said, you could consider that an "accomplishment." A political one, for sure. Tenchusatsu