Who Stands to Win - WSJ.com By JANE ZHANG
Hospitals, doctors, insurers and drug makers may end up gaining from an overhaul of the nation's health-care system.
The White House and Democrats in Congress have either cut deals with or made promises to these groups, fearing that without their support they might face a repeat of President Bill Clinton's failed health-care reform effort in the 1990s.
The industries have made some concessions to help slow the nation's health-care spending. But analysts say they may come out on top eventually -- gaining new, paying customers from a government-funded effort to expand coverage to the country's 46 million uninsured.
"They all cut the deals that they wanted to cut, and they minimized their losses," says Robert Laszewski, a health-policy expert and former insurance-industry official.
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Who Stands to Win - WSJ.com By JANE ZHANG
Hospitals, doctors, insurers and drug makers may end up gaining from an overhaul of the nation's health-care system.
The White House and Democrats in Congress have either cut deals with or made promises to these groups, fearing that without their support they might face a repeat of President Bill Clinton's failed health-care reform effort in the 1990s.
The industries have made some concessions to help slow the nation's health-care spending. But analysts say they may come out on top eventually -- gaining new, paying customers from a government-funded effort to expand coverage to the country's 46 million uninsured.
"They all cut the deals that they wanted to cut, and they minimized their losses," says Robert Laszewski, a health-policy expert and former insurance-industry official.
Winners: Special Interests
Losers: Taxpayers/consumers
Guilty: Federal Government
Beach Lover
The irony of it all is that many of the people in a frenzy about losing their freedoms to a public option are going to be forced to buy more expensive plans or get their benefits taxed to subsidize the profits of private insurers, and they will cheer their victory over "socialism".
Beach Fanatic
The irony of it all is that many of the people in a frenzy about losing their freedoms to a public option are going to be forced to buy more expensive plans or get their benefits taxed to subsidize the profits of private insurers, and they will cheer their victory over "socialism".
Not if we would concentrate on reforming and repairing the system instead of bankrupting all of us with another government program.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Winners: Special Interestsby special interest, do you mean capitalist insurance swine comrade eedelvind?
Losers: Taxpayers/consumers
Guilty: Federal Government
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