On further reflection, I have to temper my knee-jerk co-op boosterism.
While a co-op should reduce costs, and it should do it without offending libertarian sensibilities regarding forced participation, it isn't going to address the problem of people going uninsured. It should reduce that problem by making it affordable to some, but it won't make it affordable to all.
So you're still going to be left with millions of people who don't go to see a doctor about that strange pain, but wait until it's a crippling pain, then go in for emergency treatment, costing other health payers much more money than they would pay under socialized medicine.
Still, it's better than nothing.
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
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