AP: The Senate bill will make government health insurance "widely available." But that does not mean that the government plan would dominate the market. States can opt out. The "budget unpires," presumably the CBO, estimate that only 3 million to 4 million people would sign up, because private insurance plans would be available more cheaply. What the hell are we doing, then?

That clearly means that these 3 or 4 million insured don't want cheaper insurance now, and have to be forced to sign up. They are probably young, health people who think they don't need it at this point in their lives, or they would have already bought it. The implication is that they can currently afford it.

Just another puzzle. But it could be the downfall of the whole idea.