May not be great strategy by Coburn. People with high incomes, like members of Congress, can always pay out of pocket for the things that this health care bill would deny folks with lower incomes. If they take his offer, then they have a talking point they can use against his position.
Most very wealthy folks don’t even have health insurance so to force them to accept this plan is clever on the doc’s part.
“May not be great strategy by Coburn. People with high incomes, like members of Congress, can always pay out of pocket for the things that this health care”
True, but not one of them would accept it.
In Canada, under their socialized medicine, it is illegal for a doctor to provide medical care under those circumstances. Otherwise, all the doctors would bail out of national health care and set up their own, fee-for-service practices. The only way to stop them from doing that is to make it illegal. That is why Canadians come here for care. And that is what is in our future, and why our Overlords will set up a special system for themselves.