"Personally, I tend to favor a government sponsored plan in competition with private plans."
Sounds good in theory. Alas, in reality, the gov't will undercut the insurance companies. This will eventually lead to the insurance companies closing and only the government option left. Then, it will be socialized medicine, just like the UK. This is not some idle speculation. Watch the video link I post earlier. Representative Jan Schakowsky absolutely revels in the impending doom of private insurance. "I don't believe that any industry has a right to continue to exist." Spoken like a true free-market capitalist. I am with you. The gov't should not be allowed to pick winners and losers. GM should not have been bailed out. Likewise, the gov't should not be implementing a plan that bankrupts an industry. Let business succeed or fail on its own merits. "I think that a variety of structures could potentially work, but I definitely feel that government has a strong role to play in health insurance and reform." The gov't should have some role in regulating insurance. I don't think anyone feels sorry for the insurance companies. Their policies have helped lead to this situation. Maybe government oversight could have prevented the mess. Reform has many forms. The current measure did not address tort reform. It did not address interstate insurance. It did address many things. "I do indeed. In fact, my entire work for the last couple years has been writing software for the health care field. I work directly with medical billing people all the time and have for several years. It has definitely informed my opinions on the health insurance debate." If you work on the hospital side and not the insurance side, you should be fine then. Government creates bureaucracy and paperwork. Plenty of need for IT to organize, store, etc. If you're on the insurance side, watch out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317675 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
