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"VA health care is NOT considered a health insurance plan."

https://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/cost/insurance.asp

I think Medicare is a more apt comparison.

But whatever we come up with, single payer or not, will fail. Because it will not be a bipartisan bill, and like any large bill (such as Medicare in the early days), tweaks will need to be made as people begin using it. And let's face it, Congress is no longer interested in working together for the common good. Much better to let a healthcare plan fail than to allow the other side (and the American people) a win.

But what if the house, the senate and the president are all in the same party? Well... so far we have a bill that would be a handout to insurance and financial services companies, raise premiums, strip protections, and basically bend consumers over a chair.

So how is that working out?