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echo: all-politics
to: MIKE POWELL
from: BOB ACKLEY
date: 2017-04-27 11:30:00
subject: Single Payer Healthcare

> MSGID: 1:2320/105.1 42e9585d 
> >  MP> Well, it could mean that "one person (you)" pays for your care,
or it
> >  MP> could mean that single people pay for everyone's care, similar to
> >  MP> school tax, etc., but I don't think either one of those is right.
> >
> >  MP> My guess would be that wikipedia could set you straight.
> >
> > Think Medicare....
> 
> So, basically we'd get rid of private health insurance companies? 
Actually,
> that may not be so bad, except I feel like we'd be taking our business
from a
> group (corporate) that does not have our best interests in mind and
giving it
> to a group (the government) that also has difficulty keeping our best
> interests in mind.

Actually, many insurance companies have left the health insurance market.
 Despite its name, Central States Life & Health Insurance of Omaha sold
its health insurance business years ago and no longer markets health
insurance of any kind.

Of those that remain, many are dropping out of Obamacare.
                                

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