found in comments to Ezra Klien's post The Truth about the Insurance Industry
Posted by: mahar1
The answer isn't single payer for two reasons:
A) the profit motive is what creates conflict of interest. Not profit insurers like Geisinger and Peugot Sound can (and do) put patients first.
B) If you have single-payer, what do you do when Jed Bush --or Sarah Palin--is elected president. Don't laugh. Were you laughing when GWB was re-elected?
This is why having non-profit alternatives is a good idea. In Europe, everyone has a hybrid system. Only the UK and Canada have single payer --and look what happened to healthcare in the UK when Margarte Thatcher took power.
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