> Judah wrote: > Lets start with health insurance reform, get universal or near > universal coverage in place, let a public plan compete with private > insurance and then lets tackle the rest of the list. This is just a > starting point, not the end. But you have to start somewhere. >
Why would a public option contain costs? Insurance is the finance mechanism NOT the supply mechanism. And if the answer is because the public option will negotiate better prices, Scott's already explained the problem there: some providers will close up shop, and others will simply order more work. In short, bureaucracies have never in the history of the planet delivered cost controls. Ever. Not once. And they won't here. There was a whole country - a superpower no less - called the USSR that thought "public options" would deliver quality at affordable prices. Last I heard, not so much. Government has totally failed at regulating the insurance industry so your solution is to just make them an entire insurance company? (assuming fixing the financier would actually deliver cost controls which it won't). But, if we need a public option to teach people that government shouldn't provide goods and services, then I'm all for it cause logic doesn't seem to be working. Which, btw, do you think Congress wants?? Option 1: you get billions of dollars to skim while the system goes bankrupt, or Option 2: you actually do your damn job and WORK to regulate like you shoulda done 20 years ago. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302251 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
