Reply #6: Liberals have already passed on the only chance at reform [View All]

And it wasnt socalized. It was single payer. Really at this point its a dead issue, so why debate it?

Clintons plan was to form a giant national HMO. You still had to pay for it. The HMO focused on the types of care that worked. Check ups and wellness would have been paid by the HMO, because they work. Surgeries and treatments that have a high success rate would have been covered. Hospice care would have been covered. It dramatically cut costs by eliminating the 50% of your health care dollars that goes to Lawyers, bill collectors and administrators, this was the single payer part.

It ultimately failed because liberals didnt like a couple of part of it. First, you had to pay for it. The humanity! Having to pay for a service! Unforgivable! Second, it didn't cover end of life disease, although it did cover hospice. Basically, if you had terminal brain cancer, they were not going to cover treatment that costs millions of dollars and doesnt work. Finally it limited your ability to sue for a couple of differnt types malpractice, they were small things, like repeated attempts to insert IV's.

Again, this is now a dead issue, and its not going to happen.