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In reply to the discussion: Are some on DU hoping Single Payer Health care fails? [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)I do not, however, think it is going to be as cheap to the Average Jane as people think. That will be a problem in selling it. A bigger problem is GOPers in Congress aren't going to support it any time soon.
I am much more excited about a Public Option (essentially Medicare buy-in) because that is easier to sell to people too stupid to see the benefit of a large single payer health plan.
If the government plan is anywhere near as good as we hope, people will voluntarily take it. At some point, there will be so few in other plans, that it will be easy to absorb them.
It's kind of like jumping up and down in excitement because someone proposes to eradicate cancer. Great -- I've lost too many to it -- but I know it's not going to happen any time soon.