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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:47:47 -0700, jps wrote:

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 12:06:37 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:53:55 -0700, jps wrote:

On Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:56:49 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:34:10 -0700, jps wrote:

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:57:50 -0400, H the K
wrote:

(floating around the 'net...grammar errors included)

I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE ****HEEL

This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity
generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of
energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the
municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the
FCC regulated channels to see what the national weather service of the
national oceanographic and atmospheric administration determined the
weather was going to be like using satellites designed, built, and
launched by the national aeronautics and space administration. I watched
this while eating my breakfast of US department of agriculture inspected
food and taking the drugs which have been determined as safe by the food
and drug administration.

At the appropriate time as regulated by the US congress and kept
accurate by the national institute of standards and technology and the
US naval observatory, I get into my national highway traffic safety
administration approved automobile and set out to work on the roads
build by the local, state, and federal departments of transportation,
possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel of a quality level
determined by the environmental protection agency, using legal tender
issed by the federal reserve bank. On the way out the door I deposit any
mail I have to be sent out via the US postal service and drop the kids
off at the public school.

After spending another day not being maimed or killed at work
thanks to the workplace regulations imposed by the department of labor
and the occupational safety and health administration, enjoying another
two meals which again do not kill me because of the USDA, I drive my
NHTSA car back home on the DOT roads, to ny house which has not burned
down in my absence because of the state and local building codes and
fire marshal’s inspection, and which has not been plundered of all it’s
valuables thanks to the local police department.

I then log on to the internet which was developed by the defense
advanced research projects administration and post on freerepublic.com
and fox news forums about how SOCIALISM in medicine is BAD because the
government can’t do anything right.

Brilliant, even without mentioning a hundred other agencies that make
our lives safer and more comfortable.

Sold your soul to the devil for a little security and comfort?

No, haven't sold my soul at all. I'm for the common good, all ships
in the harbor...

Where is the common good in foisting an indifferent, insensate,
behemoth of government on a hard-working peoples? It's
unconscionable.

Are you referring to corporate insurers? How could the federal
government be any more insensitive and unconsionable than corporations
who find ways to deny coverage and kick people off their roles who are
higher risk?

The public option is the only thing that's going to force these
assholes to behave more like decent citizens.

A public option, as it is currently framed in the conversation, will
invariably drive private insurer's out of the market. "Corporate
insurers" currently compete against each other for your business, and
the marketplace is replete with providers that compete with each
other. The contention that a public option will keep providers honest
is itself a dishonesty. Insurers have to keep premiums as low as
possible in the free market if they are to remain viable. And if
providers are required to carry all applicants without consideration
of medical history, most providers would not be able to remain viable.
Too, there are organizations that provide various forms of
indemnification for the uninsurable. But, as in all insurances,
higher premiums are required. And all states have policy renewal and
cancellation regulations. Health insurers are subject to oversight
and state regulation. And the states generally shape their
legislation and regulations to conform to the recommendations of the
NAIC. Likewise, the standard for pre-x, or pre-existing conditions is
that any condition that could have been reasonably diagnosed by a
physician 12 months prior to the activation date of the policy is not
covered for 12 months following that date. Too, most insurers for an
array of conditions, will attach riders to policies that will exclude
coverage for those conditions for approximately 2 years after which
those conditions will be covered.

If a public option is approved and installed, necessarily and
ultimately most citizens will have to subordinate themselves to that
option. And the the insidious, unassailable truth of this is that
without the competition of the free market to keep it streamlined,
efficient, and honest, the public option will inexorably provide
mediocre health care, and that on a good day.

Why is it that so few can think this through?

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