Reply #5: A bit of an off-topic thought. [View All]

I only got a chance to watch about 1/2 the program, but I was struck by the explanation of how insurance companies work: a large pool of contributors pays into a single pot. That pot is used to pay for the medical costs of the whole group, with the hopes being that most of the contributors will use less than they contribute so those who are sickest can be paid for.

It struck me that insurance is nothing more than a form of capitalized socialism. So we have Republicans screaming that a national health plan is socialism when, in fact, insurance is EXACTLY the same thing on a smaller scale. The only difference is that the current syatem allows for outrageous profit by the insurance companies.

Anyway, that's neither here nor there. What I saw of the program was pretty good.

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