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In reply to the discussion: Getting more conservative as you get older? [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)A more concrete example is Single Payer. That would be a form of "tearing it all down". Nobody would get to keep their private insurance, including people like me who have insurance that I like, and doctors that I like. Yes, the insurance system now is a mess, but I've managed to navigate it.
Single Payer gets passed, suddenly it's a whole new system, with new problems (yes, there are going to be a lot of problems), and everyone has to start all over navigating it. I'd much rather see a public option, leaving the current system in place for people who like it, but giving everyone a chance to be covered by a single payer system if they want. Even make the public option a default opt-out thing, so that if you don't have private insurance, then you automatically get covered by Medicare. That's fine. But at this age, as opposed to at 20, I'm less happy about the prospect of a full overhaul of the healthcare system.