WHO HEALTH REPORT Japan health systems ranked best (???)

[Max Sawicky]

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The power of the insurance companies lies partly, it seems to me, in the
"too big to fail" category. Could any of the economists on the list comment
on what the repercussions would be if the insurance companies lost at
one blow all their health-insurance business -- as they would if we won
national health service.   Carrol

When an industry gets hammered the effects are magnified
by the fact that they are concentrated in particular
areas and communities.  There was a lot of talk about
this re: the defense build-down, but in the event the
problems do not seem to have been enormous.  Some people
ended up in lower-paying jobs, but that has been happening
more generally.

The Gov would need more employees to administer a public
system, so some of the insurance people could go there.
The present employment situation is unusual, but insofar
as it obtained in your scenario, the displaced workers
would be easily absorbed elsewhere.

mbs