Last week there was a little of the same with wanting to work together under a new alliance, but it appears it’s right down to money issues. Other countries have both a public and private system, so why can’t the two exist. The statement about the taxpayers paying, well we do that now anyway so might as well bring some premium payments in to help cover the cost. 
It is the lack of transparency and all the legal lawsuits that gave the business such a bad name over the years and being like a box of chocolates, you just never know what you will get. As with anything public against private, public allows taxpayers to have a say, private does not, so perhaps now is the time for taxpayers to have a say, after the Wall Street bail out, we don’t want to shafted again. I can fully understand those who do oppose though as it is a known versus an unknown situation and the insurance companies pay their salaries for the most part, so strange alliances appear when it is down to dollars and cents and the human element is left far behind. BD
WASHINGTON — As the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan, which President Obama and many other Democrats see as an essential element of legislation to remake the health care system.
If private insurers are pushed out of the market, the group said, “the corresponding surge in public plan participation would likely lead to an explosion of costs that would need to be absorbed by taxpayers.”
A.M.A. Opposes Government-Sponsored Health Plan - NYTimes.com
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