On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:47:06 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:07:14 -0700, wrote:

We need to get away from private insurance companies. They're in it
for the money not for the public health.

That's liberal/socialist hog wash.

At least with private companies you might have a choice of service
providers driven by competetive forces, not some mindless, faceless
government bureaucrat who could care less, and knows that he can't be
fired.

So, you have a "choice" of providers, except that the insurance
companies decide what the providers provide. We don't need
"competitive forces" involved in people's health. What we need are
good outcomes. As it is right now, we're rated very poorly for a
number of factors, including longevity and treatment outcomes vs.
non-private entities.

There is never, nor has there ever been a "faceless" gov't bureaucrat
deciding people's health outcome. If you take away the word gov't,
then I agree. The insurance companys' faceless bureaucrats are
aplenty.