To those who mocked Palin when she talked about "death panels"

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Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Wrong again.

See, for now at least, we have this thing called the "free market". If a company had a reputation of saying "no" (unreasonably) to save money, no one would buy the product from that company...everyone would buy from the company that delivered the most possible coverage you could afford.

In a single payer system, the consumer has no such protection.

amednews: Coverage denials by 4 major insurers rise nearly 50% :: Oct. 25, 2010 ... American Medical News

Here's your free market.

Coverage denials by 4 major insurers rise nearly 50%
Preexisting conditions were used to reject more than 651,000 applicants during a three-year period, says a House committee report.

Also part of the bill is written to stop insurers from denying insurance to children (like this one) with pre-existing conditions.