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Short Health Insurers, Wal-Mart on ObamaCare's Public Option

This article is all about hypothesizing negatives instead of understanding that the US health care system must and will change for the sake of the nation. We cannot get there from here by killing all HMO's. This government organization to run health insurance for the rest of us does not exist yet ...and will not be built overnight. Public/private health plan coexistence is more likely.

Will HMO's sustain their profits on the back of employers,patients and doctors? Don't bet on it.

Will there be caps on the level of their profits? More likely. Much like the phone companies when they were considered "public utilities" and were regulated on their ROE.

That being said, HMO's are not going away tomorrow !!