Quote Originally Posted by Vteckidd View Post
From BCBS Website itself

"We believe that premiums will increase as a result of provisions in the reform legislation that will guarantee richer levels of benefits than most consumers who obtain their own insurance purchase today. Insufficient discounts for the young and healthy will encourage many of them to forgo coverage. New fees and taxes mandated by the new law will also likely increase the cost of premiums as they are phased in."

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"We believe"?

Single payer is not sustainable, cannot be paid for as healthcare costs 4 times the defense budget alone. Single payer STILL needs tax revenue to be paid for.
Sure it is. You choose the government option, you get a tax increase. Cut out the middle man. You're gonna pay it one way or the other.

Competition. "Free markets." Options.

Pretty conservative option, IMO.

But most capitalists don't like competition, the very foundation of capitalism. Especially when they know they would lose big time. Lol.

I think someone said "People love capitalism until they're on the losing side of the competition, then it becomes socialism." Or something to that effect.