Obama has said that he would favor a British-style "single payer" system in which the government owns the hospitals and the doctors are salaried but that he recognizes that such a shift would be too disruptive to the health-care industry. The Obama plan to have a government insurance provider that can undercut the premiums charged by private insurers would undoubtedly speed the arrival of such a single-payer plan. It is hard to think of any other reason for the administration to want a government insurer when there is already a very competitive private insurance market that could be made more so by removing government restrictions on interstate competition.
They are trying to "nudge" us into a total national government healthcare plan, and Marty knows it.
Here is his entire op-ed, which appeared in WaPo.
I find it interesting how quickly "nudging" turns to "bludgeoning" with minor adjustments to spelling.
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