Physician says Affordable Care Act an 'experiment' that will fail [View all]

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DAWES, W.Va. -- The Affordable Care Act is an experiment that will fail, the head of an organization that advocates for a single-payer health system argued Thursday.

"People will not be able to afford the health insurance that they're being pushed to buy," Dr. Andrew Coates, president of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), said during a visit to West Virginia on Thursday. "And when they do buy it, it won't be good enough to cover health-care calamity."

Under the ACA, health insurance premiums and deductibles will not be affordable, Coates argued.

"I think it's a big experiment to drive people to (the health insurance) marketplace but the health insurance marketplace hasn't worked for years now and I don't see any evidence that's going to change," he said.

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"People say (a single-payer system) can't work here," said Dr. James Binder of the West Virginia chapter. "That's not true."

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