re: #654 iceweasel

“…so you wind up with a situation where new insurance plans purchased by individuals or small businesses are all de facto public plans. What effect that might have, I don’t know.”

The effect it will have is the intended effect.
Ins. companies will be forced out of business or will hike their rates so high that they’re available to only a tiny percentage of consumers. Obama has repeatedly said (in his special way of saying things) that he wants the money that currently goes to the Ins. Co.’s to go to the Government.