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Yo_Mama

(8,303 posts)
8. My hunch is less likely, but I sure do hope I am wrong.
Mon Nov 18, 2013, 04:48 PM
Nov 2013

I do think people might support the end of the private health insurance having a monopoly on things, but I think the sweet cash thrown around by these companies is too much for Congress to resist.

Also, everyone should understand that the cost of private insurance is so high because it is funding part of the cost of Medicare and Medicaid, so simply rolling us all into Medicare (which would save money in some ways) implies that payments to health care providers under Medicare would have to increase.

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