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Originally Posted by SteveZ
...So, if we increase the size of the IHS by a factor of ten, and apply that 900% increase across the nation, to service the "uninsured population," why won't that satisfy the main complaint from the Administration? That expansion of IHS would result in an expenditure of $40 Billion per year, which is a lot cheaper than all the other proposals floating around.
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And it wouldn't surprise me at all if the cost to the native Americans covered by the program is zero. The the $4 billion cost wouldn't even be offset by any premium revenue. Of course, the quality of care and the "scale up" questions remain open issues if something like this is to be considered as a "public option".
On the first question, if it's good enough for the native Americans, it surely shouldn't have to be materially upgraded to cover the 40-50 million who have been scraping by with no healthcare insurance at all.