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and that tax increase is what scares the majority of americans. Like I stated earlier, the cost of healthcare isn't going to go down if we have a universal healthcare system. The government plan may cover everyone but they will most definately put a limit on how much they will be willing to pay for any given procedure, they have to otherwise they will be in the same boat as the insurance companies are now. Medicaid is a perfect example. Most Primary care physicians will not accept medicaid patients because they only pay a fraction of what an hmo or ppo will pay them. There's no way the government will be able to totally get rid of insurance companies, because the vast majority of people can afford them, and most doctors will only accept private insurance. The government should not be able to tell doctors that they have to accept their plan over private insurance. A state funded hospital is a different story but not a privately owned medical practice
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