Edwards' private/public blended approach to universal health care leads to single-payer public care

[rodeodance]

GREAT!


Forum Name General Discussion: Politics

Topic subject Edwards' private/public blended approach to universal health care leads to single-payer public care

Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3717461#3717461
3717461, Edwards' private/public blended approach to universal health care leads to single-payer public care
Posted by Stop Cornyn on Wed Nov-14-07 11:24 AM

"Is it the right prescription?" by Rob Christensen for The News & Observer:


The public-sector {component of Edwards' health care} plan would resemble Canada's single-payer system, in which insurance is publicly funded to control costs but doctors and hospitals remain private.

"The idea is to determine whether Americans actually want a private insurer or whether they would rather have a government-run ... single-payer plan," Edwards said. "We'll find out over time where people go."

The mix of market and government initiatives makes Edwards' plan much harder to attack than Clinton's early 1990s plan, said Leif Wellington Haase of the Century Foundation, a liberal-leaning think tank.

"In this plan, the changes happen much more gradually," Haase said. "Each element has a market element that deflects the attack. I think it's a very smart political document."

[Catchawave]

1. Thanks for all these great threads rodeo !

I appreciate all your support :toast: