Another comment in response to my op-ed:

In response to your NYT OP Ed, Health care is, firstly, an issue of principle. Firstly, health care is a moral not a financial issue. That is were you on the right miss the soul train every time. A fully (and free of personal cost) healthy populace; a fully (and free of personal cost) education system is the only way to assure the base platform for a vibrant democracy. Then we can talk about limited “free enterprise” options but only then–after all have been assured of health and education access without “previously existing condition” clauses and predatory insurance premium schemes.
Your key data assumptions are wrong by the way–universal single payer is demonstrably the cheaper and best option in almost all categories–see Arnold Relman, M.D., A Second Opinion. Get your full data spectrum right before pontificating. I’ve been in health care service and policy for forty years. How long have you been centrally thinking about and working on it?
Cordially,
Terrill Gibson, Ph.D.

Thanks for your response, and thanks especially for identifying yourself as a Ph.D. I might not have known how seriously to take your comments otherwise.