"I 'm really not so sure about Obama 's healthcare plan , when I read it it seems kind of wishy-washy ... # like what does `` Reform the insurance market to increase competition by taking on anticompetitive activity that drives up prices without improving quality of care. `` actually mean ? # In practice ? # I 'm more interested in the Health Care for America plan more , it & # 8217 ; s a proposal put together by the political scientist Jacob Hacker with the support of the Economic Policy Institute . I & # 8217 ; d suggest reading Thinking Big to get a better idea of the plan , but the basic idea is that employers pay money into a public fund , enough to cover their workers. # The public fund should have quality coverage for all , including preventive care. # Workers get to choose - keep your insurance , choose a different private plan , or join a public health insurance plan without a private insurer middleman , pick your healthcare providers and doctors. # Employers choose too . Those who prefer not to shoulder the burden of providing coverage as good as the law requires can decide to enroll their workers in the public plan at a modest cost. # HCFA and Medicare would function as a single nationwide insurance pool covering close to half the population . So basically either the public plan attracts most Americans , and our system gradually evolves into single-payer or because the floor prevents a race to the bottom , the public-private competition raises the bar on care and efficiency , improving quality and cutting costs , even in the private insurance plans. # The standards would be kept by a strong government watchdog. # What do you think ?"
"I think you are on to something . The problem I see is that any proponent of a plan such as this will have toi take on both the health insurance lobby and the pharma lobby and their bottomless well of $ $ $ and propaganda . Here 's hoping now that there 's a new sheriff in town ."
"I 'm really not so sure about Obama 's healthcare plan , when I read it it seems kind of wishy-washy"
"I think you are on to something . The problem I see is that any proponent"