Reply #1: Thank you - "...it has the potential to do much harm..."

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Agreed...If there is not a competitive public option, but mandates to buy insurance, this could be harmful down the road.

Health Care For America

"Jacob Hacker's "Health Care for America" plan offers a realistic path to universal coverage for all American citizens."

3 minute video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-J9ZgCRiD8


"CAF Blog Chronicles Impact of Hacker "Health Care for America Plan" on the Evolution of the Edwards and Obama Health Proposals

Health Care for America

http://www.ourfuture.org/files/documents/evolution-of-the-healthcare-debate.pdf

By Roger Hickey on January 11, 2007 - 4:14pm.

"The great debate over how to fundamentally fix our broken health care system just got a lot more interesting.
Today, the Economic Policy Institute released the Health Care for America plan – a simple yet sophisticated approach crafted by Jacob Hacker, author of “The Great Risk Shift.” Health Care for America, which you can find at www.sharedprosperity.org, comprehensively tackles the major health care problems holding back our society and economy: the 46 million uninsured, the skyrocketing costs and the uneven quality.

My organization, Campaign for America’s Future, will be launching a nationwide effort to discuss and debate how to get good healthcare coverage for all Americans while controlling spiraling health care costs. The best way to start that debate is to put a simple, clear and progressive health care plan on the table. Health Care for America is that plan, and it will be a benchmark by which all other plans can be judged.

How? By creating a Medicare-style system for all Americans under 65. The uninsured and underinsured could buy into the Health Care for America plan, with federal or state government assistance if necessary. Medicare and Health Care for America would then join forces and wield enormous bargaining power, driving down costs and raising the bar on quality..."