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I really don't know

What makes sense to me is a tiered system, modeled a bit after the French system (said to be the best in the world), where there is a national health insurance, which can be supplemented by private insurance and a willingness to pay more.  Perhaps, the best strategy is to start with a relatively small public option that just covers the basics and emergency treatment while leaving a decent chunk of health care as still the province of private insurance, but using that foothold to widen the scope of a public plan slice by slice, year after year in an incremental fashion.  Take the Dean strategy of getting everyone emotionally invested in the system first, then fixing the system.

I wouldn't be inclined towards the position of Canada's New Democratic Party, which broke with the Liberal Party and forced a vote of no confidence over a stated desire to ban private health care completely.


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by: Anthony de Jesus @ Wed Jun 03, 2009 at 14:43:58 PM CDT