Reply #11: Edwards is for single payer ideally. He knows, however, [View All]

[Cleita]

that getting the for profits out of the business is going to take some doing. We talked about it in the past at DU. We talked about beating the insurers at their own game on the free market. A Medicare type insurance would be offered to the uninsured, paid for by the government, and on the free market to employers and unions to compete with the private insurers. The private insurers would be subject to a patient's bill of rights so they can't deny care. They would also have to compete with the Medicare type plan for low premiums. They really can't do that and will eventually have to get out of the business paving the way for single payer. This plan has it's merits if it works. We will see.