Jim - have you read their website? It reeks of finger pointing, fear mongering and snake oil sales.
// HOME PAGE // - HR676.org
Maybe if they had a less fanatical approach to the solution, the program might stand a chance. I think the folks pushing for this are so rabid at the mouth, they have no idea what they're saying. They contradict themselves and resort to scare tactics and lies to gain followers.
Plus, I'd be a little hesitant to buy into a plan based on, "the expansion and improvement of the current and extremely successful Medicare system, widely recognized as one of the most cost efficient medical management systems in the world..."
Especially when several paragraphs earlier they state, "the basic Medicare model, which has recently been so badly watered down by an ultra conservative administration in favor of even more corporate profits, nothing of any kind has been accomplished. In the meantime every other modern industrialized country in the world has passed us by..." So tell me again why basing this on the Medicare model is good?!?! And if every other industrialized nation has passed us by, why are we (Medicare) recognized as having one of the most cost effective systems in the world?
In my world 1+2 = 3, not 3.14159265358979323846.... I'm not sure what kind of math they're using, but it doesn't add up in my book