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?