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the Pitfalls of the Public Option
New York Times ^ | 06/29/2009 | Greg Mankiw

Posted on 06/28/2009 7:00:36 PM PDT by fiscon1

IN the debate over health care reform, one issue looms large: whether to have a public option. Should all Americans have the opportunity to sign up for government-run health insurance

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: economy; healthcare; markets; obama

1 posted on 06/28/2009 7:00:37 PM PDT by fiscon1
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The ‘Public Option’ will likely require physicians to see patients with this type of insurance, irrespective of what it pays. So even if the services can’t be provided without losing money physicians will be required to do this anyway. That’s not any different than the government telling your landscaper or your painter or your carpenter what they can charge for their services, and setting their charges to an amount that hardly matches their overhead. Liberty is just a word now.


2 posted on 06/28/2009 7:29:51 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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