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If the current legislation passes, private healthcare companies die. Why? Here's why.
The people who are on the government plan pay less and as such do not have the same options or benefits as the people who can afford the more expensive private plans. Suddenly, when they are denied a procedure or certain level of care not provided by the government, they then go to a private healthcare company and demand to be covered. Remember, it is now against the law to deny coverage based on existing conditions.
So now, we have a system where people can free loaf off the government plan, but when it doesn't work for them, they demand something from the private companies that they never paid for. Can you say bankruptcy?
ryan1234, I've been to many countries, developed and undeveloped. If I had to choose a place to get sick, it would be in the U.S.A.