Except when the public option is government controlled the "public" generally has very few options. Seriously, how can a private entity compete against the amount of money the government is willing to throw at an issue to maintain a monopoly if it came down to it?
>> ^Wynder: Seriously, how can a private entity compete against the amount of money the government is willing to throw at an issue to maintain a monopoly if it came down to it?
The hope is that they won't and then we can move away from this misguided insurance model altogether.
>> ^Wynder: Except when the public option is government controlled the "public" generally has very few options. Seriously, how can a private entity compete against the amount of money the government is willing to throw at an issue to maintain a monopoly if it came down to it?
I didn't think we'd have to wait 1 day, 4 hours for this.
You know, this does amuse me. It seems like people say a government program will destroy the entire system because a private program can't keep up. And yet, somehow at the same time, the government is incompetent! How can the government be less incompetent than private insurance? There seems to be a contradiction. Either government is inefficient, or it's not. Which is it?
Maybe PostalBlowfish but no insurance company ever forced me to pay taxes. Kinda seems like, that was Wynder's basic idea. Competing private companies get only what people voluntarily give them, the fed can scare you to death with three little letters, IRS. Hmm, actually "they" have a lot of scary three letter words.
>> ^vidup: Maybe PostalBlowfish but no insurance company ever forced me to pay taxes. Kinda seems like, that was Wynder's basic idea. Competing private companies get only what people voluntarily give them, the fed can scare you to death with three little letters, IRS. Hmm, actually "they" have a lot of scary three letter words.
Oh please! I'm required by law to purchase auto insurance in order to license my car. But yeah, that has nothing to do with any insurance company. Go ahead and live in your fantasy world...the rest of us have to live in the real one, where what you hear from the insurance company is "bend over", and all you can do is beg for vaseline.
>> ^Wynder: Except when the public option is government controlled the "public" generally has very few options. Seriously, how can a private entity compete against the amount of money the government is willing to throw at an issue to maintain a monopoly if it came down to it?
Once a public option looks like a reality, alot if not ALL, the insurance companies will start scrambling to be better in every concept. They'll have to treat their customers like customers, and not cattle or peons. They'll have to revamp how they do business, or be sent to the unemployment line.
Yes, republicans want less competition, but more capitalism. Sort of oxymoron. They hate pork spending, but enjoy health care industries donating funds to their re-election funds.
I think a public option would do alot of good, for improving our country's health care system. Maybe a few less medical bankruptcies, so Sen. Al Franken can go grill other industry screwballs on things that are not being handled correctly.
>> ^vidup: Maybe PostalBlowfish but no insurance company ever forced me to pay taxes. Kinda seems like, that was Wynder's basic idea. Competing private companies get only what people voluntarily give them, the fed can scare you to death with three little letters, IRS. Hmm, actually "they" have a lot of scary three letter words.
Efficient or not, the government generally gives you something for your taxes. You can expect a private insurance company to prioritize giving you nothing for what you pay it. If you want health coverage you have to pay them for it, so whether you choose to or not, there isn't much of a choice.
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Just sayin'. Thank you, NR.
Seriously, how can a private entity compete against the amount of money the government is willing to throw at an issue to maintain a monopoly if it came down to it?
The hope is that they won't and then we can move away from this misguided insurance model altogether.
Except when the public option is government controlled the "public" generally has very few options. Seriously, how can a private entity compete against the amount of money the government is willing to throw at an issue to maintain a monopoly if it came down to it?
I didn't think we'd have to wait 1 day, 4 hours for this.
You know, this does amuse me. It seems like people say a government program will destroy the entire system because a private program can't keep up. And yet, somehow at the same time, the government is incompetent! How can the government be less incompetent than private insurance? There seems to be a contradiction. Either government is inefficient, or it's not. Which is it?
Maybe PostalBlowfish but no insurance company ever forced me to pay taxes. Kinda seems like, that was Wynder's basic idea. Competing private companies get only what people voluntarily give them, the fed can scare you to death with three little letters, IRS. Hmm, actually "they" have a lot of scary three letter words.
Oh please! I'm required by law to purchase auto insurance in order to license my car. But yeah, that has nothing to do with any insurance company. Go ahead and live in your fantasy world...the rest of us have to live in the real one, where what you hear from the insurance company is "bend over", and all you can do is beg for vaseline.
Except when the public option is government controlled the "public" generally has very few options. Seriously, how can a private entity compete against the amount of money the government is willing to throw at an issue to maintain a monopoly if it came down to it?
How's the post office and UPS doing, by the way?
Yes, republicans want less competition, but more capitalism. Sort of oxymoron. They hate pork spending, but enjoy health care industries donating funds to their re-election funds.
I think a public option would do alot of good, for improving our country's health care system. Maybe a few less medical bankruptcies, so Sen. Al Franken can go grill other industry screwballs on things that are not being handled correctly.
Maybe PostalBlowfish but no insurance company ever forced me to pay taxes. Kinda seems like, that was Wynder's basic idea. Competing private companies get only what people voluntarily give them, the fed can scare you to death with three little letters, IRS. Hmm, actually "they" have a lot of scary three letter words.
Efficient or not, the government generally gives you something for your taxes. You can expect a private insurance company to prioritize giving you nothing for what you pay it. If you want health coverage you have to pay them for it, so whether you choose to or not, there isn't much of a choice.