Quote from AlpineTrout:
Let's say there's 20M or so people without heathcare. Just give them friggin heathcare cards and be done with it. Those boneheads in DC don't have to go screwing everyone else with gov't heathcare.
I don't like the idea of giving away freebies, but if keeps the rest of us payers from having to endure a gov't program, lets just do it. I guess KISS makes too much sense for this administration.
They are just giving everyone an option for the Government choice-- just like when you mail a package, you have the choice between a private company (UPS or FedEx) or the US Postal service.