stdreb27
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Originally Posted by uneverno
http:///forum/post/3109981
The curiosity about the whole healthcare debate to me is this:
If the private insurance system is the best way to go, then why are the insurance companies the most vocal opposition to government COMPETITION? (Hello - competition. Y'know - Capitalism n shite.)
If gov't sponsored insurance is so abysmal what, exactly, do they feel threatened by?
Originally Posted by uneverno
http:///forum/post/3110003
How?
The idea isn't to replace private insurance. It's to provide an affordable alternative.
If private insurance can't compete, then they deserve to die.
That's capitalism.
At least that's what the insurance companies tell the clients they deem "unworthy" of treatment.
Where is the gov't a check? Seriously. Last I looked the SEC gives a crap about morality.
As it stands now, nobody keeps the insurance companies in check. The bean counters get to decide who's worthy of health care. Long as the books work and the stockholders are happy....
This argument drives me up a wall. 2 things flip your argument, if you think this is just "competition" then why bother spending the money entering an already flooded market.
2nd, this isn't a market based solution, at all. There is several reasons, first the house bill is written to create conditions in the market where the only solution for the average consumer would be the public plan.
Also Aflac has to post a profit. The government doesn't. It can charge a premium, then tax everyone for the rest. Heck it can go down to the fed and print the money it needs. It isn't a level playing field. And anyone who believes this will be revenue neutral is insane. Nothing the government does is revenue neutral.
http:///forum/post/3109981
The curiosity about the whole healthcare debate to me is this:
If the private insurance system is the best way to go, then why are the insurance companies the most vocal opposition to government COMPETITION? (Hello - competition. Y'know - Capitalism n shite.)
If gov't sponsored insurance is so abysmal what, exactly, do they feel threatened by?
Originally Posted by uneverno
http:///forum/post/3110003
How?
The idea isn't to replace private insurance. It's to provide an affordable alternative.
If private insurance can't compete, then they deserve to die.
That's capitalism.
At least that's what the insurance companies tell the clients they deem "unworthy" of treatment.
Where is the gov't a check? Seriously. Last I looked the SEC gives a crap about morality.
As it stands now, nobody keeps the insurance companies in check. The bean counters get to decide who's worthy of health care. Long as the books work and the stockholders are happy....
This argument drives me up a wall. 2 things flip your argument, if you think this is just "competition" then why bother spending the money entering an already flooded market.
2nd, this isn't a market based solution, at all. There is several reasons, first the house bill is written to create conditions in the market where the only solution for the average consumer would be the public plan.
Also Aflac has to post a profit. The government doesn't. It can charge a premium, then tax everyone for the rest. Heck it can go down to the fed and print the money it needs. It isn't a level playing field. And anyone who believes this will be revenue neutral is insane. Nothing the government does is revenue neutral.