Insure Everybody, One Way or Another

clipped from blogs.wsj.com This country can keep private insurance and require everybody to buy in. Or we can cover everybody with a government-funded, single-payer system. But one way or another, the American College of Physicians argues in this new paper, we have to cover everybody. But as the Philadelphia Inquirer notes, many docs have historically been wary of a single-payer system, which some have worried would give the government too much control. now that covering the uninsured has become a high-profile issue in the presidential race, the ACP may have figured the moment is opportune to jump into the public debate. In fact, the ACP also put out this guide to where the candidates stand on health care. What should the federal government do about the uninsured? Require everyone to have insurance coverage, but keep private insurance. Adopt a single-payer, government-funded system. The government shouldn’t require everyone to have health care.