Why So Scared of a Public Plan?
Within the coming weeks, Americans will begin to consider critical issues concerning the future of health care for themselves and their children, including universal coverage, taxation of benefits, computerized records and the controlling of costs. But before the debate commences in Congress and the media, big insurance and pharmaceutical companies are lobbying frantically (and spending millions of dollars) to foreclose the possibility of the most ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
The payment for public health care should be viewed not as a tax, but as an insurancepremium. So viewed it will become apparent how much cheaper the public plan is.