Please chanel and everyone else as well, take some pride in Educating yourself on the Public Option....
The Public option HAS TO PAY FOR ITSELF....NOT ONE DIME of our TAXES goes towards the Public Option.
It is in the legislation that the Public Option pays for itself through the insurance PREMIUMS the customers who CHOSE to go with this insurance plan pays....JUST like all other private insurance companies.
The Public Option must also pay for all of its own administration costs through the premiums charged to their customers.
The Public Option also has a provision that authorizes the administrator to charge the customers MORE than their estimated costs of the program so to have a buffer, a kitty that they can draw from IF they end up having higher health care costs than expected.
The Public Option must follow all rules and regs put upon all private insurance companies on the Insurance Exchange...no special breaks for the public option plan...they have to cover preexisting conditions, etc...like everyone else on the Insurance exchange.
The Public Option is an option WITHIN ONES STATE, it is not set up to be a national plan, but only a public option within the state.
It is NOT a government plan such as Medicare, there ARE NO SPECIAL PRIVILEGES given to this plan....or paying the Doctor less than agreed to etc...it is run as an insurance plan is run in the private sector only there is no profit to pocket, if they make a profit, they have to put this profit back in to better coverage for the members of the plan or a drop in prices for their policies.
Now I ask all of you against it, WHAT IS THE OBJECTION to the Public Option, knowing the above...?
Does not fedex and ups compete with the post office on bigger parcels and do just fine?
care
Care,
What they say today will be changed with the next bill that comes through. Not only that, they can run the "Public Option" at a loss. They don't have to break even, they simply throw more IOU's into the package just like they do Social Security and all you fans of Obama will be crying out his praises.
Also, the Postal Service claim that you guys are trying to throw out doesn't work. FedEx and UPS and all the others can charge what they want to charge. The dying private health insurance industry are being prevented from doing so by law. Big difference!
Immie
good morning immie...
and for goodness sakes...
they can NOT run the Public Option at a loss...IT IS MANDATORY TO BE FULLY FUNDED BY THE POLICY PLAN HOLDERS...in each state.
PLEASE for the love of God, stop spilling this stuff and actually READ the various bills regarding this option. Do you want me to link up to the public plan provisions that back up what i am saying? I will try to find it again, i know i have posted it a few times within the past month....perhaps this is why it is very frustrating when people such as you, continue to let the untruths flow like the Mississippi regarding the public option instead of actually discussing what the bill says, and whether we agree or disagree with the ACTUAL MEASURES in the bill.
THE TRUTH is very important here Immie, and these made up things like what you are saying, is bearing false witness against the plan and the plan bearers, and surely this is not a measure from God...?
AS said, the TRUTH is IMPORTANT, not dishonesty or mischaracterizations of what the public option entails in the bills. It is ALWAYS IMPORTANT to be honestly informed so that all of know what we are for or against...and bringing in stuff that is SIMPLY NOT TRUE, hurts all of us, more than I believe you realize....
care