On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:13:45 -0400, Harryk
wrote:
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.
"Might" is the operative word. No choice is far more likely, for many
reasons. And the price isn't driven by "competitive forces," but by
whatever the offerers think the traffic will bear. Further, unless you
are a government employee, there's no reasonable way for an individual
to really compare so-called competing plans. It's almost impossible for
individuals to really compare, for example, the so-called Medicare
supplemental programs, and those are somewhat regulated nationally.
About all an individual can get from the private sector health insurance
market is...butt ****ed.
You're such an apologist for the big business private sector, Wayne. And
what has that sector done for us the last 25 years or so? It's helped
destroy the middle class and make the wealthy class wealthier.
It's time to move on from the worship of the private sector.
Exactly.. might is the operative word. In theory, sure. In practice,
unlikely.