One nation, underinsured, with care and coverage for some...

According to this piece from USA Today, it looks like we may get a single payer health plan sooner than we think - everybody can pay one corporation for whatever the corporation wants to offer....

"Health insurers announced deals Monday that if approved will consolidate coverage for about 46 million U.S. residents -- nearly 27% of all those who have private health insurance -- under two companies.
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''The country is headed toward a health care system dominated by a few publicly traded companies that operate primarily in the interest of shareholders,'' said American Medical Association President Donald Palmisano in a written statement. "