My problem with Obamacare

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81. The bigger question is WHY do you want insurance companies out of the system

What makes single payer a better system than having multiple insurance companies? Your statement above that "This is a step directly away from what the civilized countries have." is false -- every "civilized" country but two uses some sort of insurance based system.

The UK and Canadian systems are flawed -- not nearly as badly as the US -- but when compared to other countries they have serious issues. The idea that we would radically change our system to emulate the 2nd and 3rd worst systems in western medicine, rather than adopt a system that both integrates better with our current one and is better ad achieving health incomes with higher patient satisfaction seems to be what worries me.

The US system is the worst in the western world -- but adopting the 2nd or 3rd worse system is not the way to go. The ACA moves us toward a French or German system -- which both have insurance companies as highly regulated participants.