One gem in the article, a quote of the CBO report on the current Health care bill:
A Congressional Budget Office analysis of the public plan provisions in the bill from the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) projected that they would neither increase the total number of people insured nor substantially affect costs, “largely because the public plan would pay providers of health care at rates comparable to privately negotiated rates.”The problem is similar to the Medicare Plan D, if you don't allow the government to negotiate rates, then the only winner is the health care industry. This is why I am such a fan of Single Payer. The winner becomes the people footing the bill, the taxpayer.
BONUS: Bill Moyer's latest journal focuses on the health care debate.
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