When you've had Thatcher, Thatcher, Thatcher, Major, Blair, Blair, Blair
(the worst one of the lot), Brown (unelected, but probably saved the
world financial system, even though he didn't help much to prevent it
getting in that state), Cameron...it helps to be sanguine. 

But perhaps this is not the time to talk about this stuff. Emotions seem
raw. 
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Anglo-American Health Policy Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Shirley Johnson-lans
Sent: 05 November 2012 14:53
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ACA

Adam,
 I wish I were as sanguine as you about Obama winning.  Do you have some
secret information that we lack over here on this side of the pond?

 And it isn't that simple.  Most of the insurance companies do not want
the regulation that goes along with ObamaCare.  They are limited in what
proportion of their revenue has to be spent on actual patient
reimbursement; they will have more competition (presumably) once the
state-wide exchanges are set up (and countervailing power of larger
consumer buying groups a la Alain Enthoven's Managed Competition model
gives something approximating a bilateral monopoly model) etc.

Best
Shirley

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Jost, Timothy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> For a more detailed analysis, see
>
> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2012/09/20/dismantling-the-affordable-ca
> re-act-what-could-a-president-romney-and-hill-republicans-do/
>
>
>
> From: Anglo-American Health Policy Network 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Popay, Jennie
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 9:43 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ACA
>
>
>
> Obviously it will take more than a presidential election to change the

> rotation of the world but at a micro level for the less advantaged in 
> the USA and for global security the outcome could be the equivalent of

> catastrophic changes in the world's orbit.
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Anglo-American Health Policy Network 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adam Oliver
> Sent: 05 November 2012 14:20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: ACA
>
>
>
> If the Republicans win they will repeal (so they say) ACA.
>
> It is said that private health care insurers are profit maximising.
>
> Ergo, all those who work for health care insurance companies (659% of 
> the US population, by 3056) will vote against Romney.
>
>
>
> Obama will win.
>
> But even if he doesn't, the world will keep spinning, pretty much as
normal.
>
>
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