[atc23]

Wouldn't single payer necessitate another biggest tax increase in world history? Not trying to be a wiseacre axing this - but . . seems that there would have to be a way to pay for this besides just printing more worthless greenbacks.

Obama has promised not to raise taxes except on millionaires and billionaires -(his base)

[tips up]

Medicaid pays doctors/hospitals 50% of what medicare pays. If they merge the two programs, that alone would be a big savings. Problem is that no one will see these patients as they can’t survive as a business. The gov’t then takes over the physicians and the hospitals.