(11-18-2018 05:34 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think Bismarck won't get passed because it's probably the furthest out of the minds of either party. It just doesn't have the same ring to it as "market based" or single-payer. They can't market Bismarck healthcare.
Congress also happens to be filled with the least intellectually curious people on the planet. They make a lot of money to just be as uninformed as everyone else.

I don't think anybody in congress understands it, in line with your least intellectually curious comment. Heritage explained it to them 25 years ago, and they didn't pay attention. All they really care about now is how many votes they are going to get in 2020.

It's probably more market-based than what we have now, or had before. And definitely more universal than either.