Re: “Senate bill may have public insurance plan” by Dave Espo, AP 10/23/09 Comcast online news
Here now I read that the rumored talk behind the closed “transparency” doors of the Health insurance discussion is that the public option is back in the ring, putting a “non- profit” government insurance ring in competition with your local for profit broker and for profit companies. The “saving grace?” Well, States would have the option of dropping out of the system! Don’t that beat all!
If you think about it, this would destroy private companies even faster. The first thing it does is work in the opposite direction of trade across State lines, thereby stifling competition. If one state is “in” and the other is not, than I’m sure that one could not trade with the other!
Secondly, what if ALL the states opted out? Now we are all paying taxes to the feds for a program with no customers! Oh, except for the ex- illegal aliens who are now to become some sort of stateless (migrant) national residents!
There you have it: free health care for all aliens paid for by Joe taxpayer, who will not be covered because he’s a resident of a STATE legally.
If all states stay “in”, well, we’ve still got a non- profit in direct competition with for- profit companies. We’ve already done the math on that one, it will just take a couple more years to get to the same end.
One more time, son: Tort reform, competition across state lines, and government in the law business, not in the health insurance business!
Orsonwells
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The Democratic leadership is meeting this morning on which version of the public option.
ReplyDeleteThey are 12-15 votes short on their desired Medicare Plus 5, the strongest version, versus the negoiated rates according to The Daily Kos.
One more time...tell me exactly how this hurts the average American? Go ahead, think hard.. Truth is a public option doesn't hurt the average American, it helps them. Insurance companies have been fleecing the public for years. It would be funny if not so true. Vote for the public option, help bring health care cost down.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is my health care cost doubled last year, and we were just informed it will double again this year. Since the insurance companies aren't in trouble now or before, it would seem they are out of control.
ReplyDeleteIs government insurance the answer? Probably not. But if someone doesn't get the insurance companies under control, NOBODY will be insured in the not too distant future!
Something has to change!