The bid-cost recovery mechanism is supposed to provide make-whole payments that cover start-up and minimum load costs for parties requesting electric energy.
The two men agree that these are best addressed by requiring all but the smallest companies to provide health insurance for their employees, by the provision of tax breaks for people who can not afford to buy cover and by setting up a (relatively low-cost) federally-backed insurance system that anyone could opt into if they choose not to go the private route.