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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
So why not provide catastrophic coverage to everyone, and set up a new market where private companies bid to get pieces of the government business? You have the competition, and private companies are providing the services.
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Now, why do you need government to do this, beyond a mandate and a subsidy to those who can't afford it?
If there's a bureaucracy either way, would you prefer it to be federal employees or private sector cos.?
I just don't see why if it's private sector, having the government intervene beyond a mandate is likely to make things better. Unless you want to do it to advance a redistributive agenda, which is an entirely different matter.
The only thing that having it run by gov't is that you ensure 100% participation. But to those who say "I prefer not to join" I say fuck 'em, and refuse 'em at the ER door.
