> Nooo ... you misunderstood Max. He was saying that -- today -- no one
> would go for single payer, single provider. So this is the next best,
> logical step. I agree, and so does Krugman.
"No one" is an extreme exaggeration. Considering the absence of an organized campaign or political leadership, single payer polls pretty well.
>> Also, if Obama says that people must be REQUIRED to
>> have insurance, does that mean that, like driving
>> without auto insurance, you'd be breaking the law if
>> you didn't have it? What the fuck?
>
> Yes, but: what the fuck with with the fuck? You don't think it's a
> good
> idea for everyone to have guaranteed, affordable, portable healthcare?
> What is your position exactly again?
>
> Jeeze kids, can't anyone read for themselves? Do you have to get all
> your information half-baked on some mailing list, or standing
> around the
> water cooler? Read these two pages:
>
> http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/healthcareplan/
> http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/
>
> then come back and talk about it.
"Limited percentage" of income says HRC. "Affordable premiums" says BHO. Extremely vague. And if you start that vague, where will you be when the lobbyists get done with it?
None of these schemes will address medical inflation or huge administrative costs. Single-payer's the only way to do that.
Doug