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Keep the Remaining Blue Cross Plans Non-Profits

We have many problems in this area. Primary-care physicians are a vanishing breed.
The poor guy who doesn't have coverage gets billed at arate that is often double what a "Plan" would be billed because of negotiated rates.
New treatments (read complicated and thus expensive) are being developed at a rapid rate.
85% of your health-care expenditures occur in the last 15 years of your life.
We need a thoughtful honest debate to find the best solutions.
Small countries like Denmark can manage national health-care, but in larger countries it usually turns into a disaster. Look at Canada.
A partisan political "solution" won't "git er dun.'