I agree with your post below for the most part.
I am not in favor of more government involvement in ANYTHING, but at the same time, Republicans have to offer solutions instead of just saying Government =bad. I applaud Jindal for his effort.
yes, Jindal gets points for effort.
That said, the plan is semi-socialization the more I think about it. The patient retains a limited choice in terms of doctors and facilities but the treating professionals have none.
If a physician is forced to take on a patient and payment is outcome based, there is little incentive to treat high acuity, time consuming patients with poor prognosis. It is more profitable to treat large numbers of healthy people. You will see the same problems in a different form that this plan wants to solve (access to care and quality of care) and an increase in passive euthanasia.
It’s a pyramid scheme like the HMOs.