Reply #16: Isn't the Univerisal Health Insurance a solution to a Political Problem

[Ranec]

Hillary uses the line in her stump speech that if you like the insurance you have now then nothing will change. I think this was something the politicians learned in the last go round. People are vary wary of someone taking away what they already have. So it is impossible to pass a plan that blows up the old system. Thus we end up with more insurance.

In fact, with the government offering an insurance plan to compete with the private insurance plans, people will be able to switch into the government plan when the Blues drop them from the rolls. The government will end up the insurer of all of the most expensive patients as the private carriers find creative ways to cherry pick their patients.