[varon]

Too many of these articles are leaving out the other option which is responsible middle class working people dropping health insurance all together and paying for their health care themselves.

What will happen when Obama issues an Executive Order allowing medical practitioners and facilities to accept payment for services only from insurance companies?

[randita]

What will happen when Obama issues an Executive Order allowing medical practitioners and facilities to accept payment for services only from insurance companies?

He will be promptly b***h slapped by the courts. That falls under the purview of state policy and some liberal states may actually try this - then stare blankly as medical care providers quit their states in droves.