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The Post Office, FedEx and UPS Model for Health Insurance

Steinberg said "I believe the emphasis on lower provider payments is far overstated. Medicare is more competitive than private insurance because it has far less fat." This i a question that can be answered with research. "Belief" has no place in this discussion. Doctor's who get out of serving the Medicare population do so for a reason, and any elderly person can tell you about the struggle to find a new Doctor after his old one has retired or quit the business.

Many countries have nationalized healthcare- not just Britain and Canada. I want to see research that compares these systems in cost per capita, cost compared to age demographics, and some facts about the health profiles of each country. People, lots of nations have worked with this- we don't have to craft policy blindly.

Now, imagine the fate of the first politician who says, "Let's learn from Taiwan (or Sweden...whatever)" It isn't pretty, is it?