ONE OF THE REASONS OBAMA GAVE FOR STICKING WITH "EMPLOYER BASED" HEALTH INSURANCE WAS THAT IT WAS ALREADY ENGRAINED IN THE AMERICAN SYSTEM...
BUT THAT NOTION DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SHARED BY SMALL BUSINESSES...!
THEY WOULD LOVE TO DUMP THEIR EMPLOYEES ON THE GOVERNMENT...IF THERE WERE NO TAXES OR PENALTIES TO BE PAID...FOR DOING SO.
OF COURSE WALMART ALREADY DOES THIS WITH IT'S POOR RURAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ON MEDICAID...
MEDICAID IS SORT OF "SINGLE PAYER" FOR WALMART...!
THE ONLY REASON TO KEEP THE "OLD WAY" SEEMS TO BE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES...
THE EMPLOYERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES WOULD DUMP THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN A NEW YORK MINUTE IF THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH IT...
LIKELY SOME TWEEKING OF THE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE NEEDED... A LITTLE FROM HERE AND A LITTLE FROM THERE...
THE WAR BUDGET WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START...
