Perhaps the democratic party could form a "group policy" for all its members

[SoCalDem]

and offer a union-style, good-coverage health care policy that we could all buy into..and then let the republicans do whatever the hell they want :evilgrin:
A single "group" with 55 million or so, should have some clout:)

[glowing]

1. That would be a different idea.. However, it does not address the issues

that are the problem with costs... Reform must happen within the medical practice and drug companies.

[eomer]

2. I don't think so. Our group policy would surely end in a "death spiral".

I assume you would want to allow everyone to participate, regardless of pre-existing conditions What would happen, then, is that everyone who can't get coverage anywhere else would come to the Democratic Party plan. The price for the plan would eventually have to include the cost of all these currently uninsured people, many of whom have catastrophic illnesses. The price would rise to the point that healthy people would opt out, since they would be able to buy coverage other places. You would eventually have just the seriously ill people and the cost would be too high for most of them to afford. The plan would crash and burn in a death spiral.

The only solution to the pre-existing condition problem is universal coverage and universal elimination of the pre-existing condition exclusion.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Only if we can have Death Panels.

If there aren't death panels, it's not "reform"! :rofl:

[SoCalDem]

4. I'd almost volunteer about now

I have some candidates in mind :evilgrin:

[global1]

5. That's Probably Against The Law To Do......nt

[stray cat]

6. So who will throw in $15,000 to cover themselves?

and donate another $15,000 to cover someone who can't pay?