Reply #8: That's the advantage of Edwards' plan. It doesn't offer immediate single payer, but if offers a path

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to single payer while allowing people who are reasonably happy with their private insurance to retain it.

Hillary's plan would be better if she amended it to add a not-for-profit health market pool which would force private insurance to compete against the Medicare-style public insurance (a fight private insurance will eventually lose as people realize that they are paying more and getting less with private insurance).