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...through private insurers, and there are certain search and negotiation costs associated with finding an insurer. Given the chance to pay a quick and easy play-or-pay tax, some employers might funnel their workers into the public system. While it's impossible to know how many employers will opt out--since there are no precedents for managed competition--it's conceivable that the default insurance will cover far more than 33 million Americans. And despite the best efforts of Clinton, insurers and health providers, government may find itself paying for an ever-growing throng of patients...
Ericka L. Kostka '94 said she wouldn't opt forthe service either...
Although Poor says most clients opt to enter the CASPAR detoxication program in Somerville almost every night, residents still say the clients might end up at their doorsteps, creating threats to their families...
Other contentious issues will arise. Doctors will be able to detect many serious genetic diseases at the fetal stage, which will lead some parents to opt for abortion. But there will also be preventive measures for people who want to avoid passing their defective genes on to their children. When one parent carries the deadly and dominant gene for Huntington's chorea, for example, there is a 50% chance that any offspring will have it too. To reduce those odds to zero, doctors of the future will extract several eggs from the prospective mother and fertilize them in a test...
Roughly a quarter of them take meals in University cafeterias while the rest opt to join the eating clubs...