[Colonel_Flagg]

It will fail to live up to its promise, and wreck the insurance markets for no good purpose.

There's a good purpose for wrecking private insurance markets? Really?

[whattajoke]

There's a good purpose for wrecking private insurance markets?

Private insurance companies wrote most of the bill. It boggles my mind how so many people fail to accept that. Let's peek at their stock prices today (I know, Wall Street perception isn't "proof," but it's quick and dirty for now.)

Aetna
United Healthcare
Cigna
Humana

On and on. It's like this every day. Is there risk? Sure there is, but it was a calculated risk by the insurance companies all along and it has been, thus far, pretty damn good for them. They sure as hell don't want single payer, and since they are the top lobbyists in Washington (#1 or #2 anyway), I can't see that happening anytime soon.