And my point is that they throw these ideas out there to see what kind of a response they get. Then if it is not too bad, they take it further. Remain silent and we have Health Insurance Destruction. Continue to remain silent and we have single payer health care.
tl;dr: What?
Trusting Congress to do the right thing is what got this country in so much trouble in the first place. Someone damned sure had better get paranoid!
Agreed. Maybe I stated it poorly above.
Not sure what you mean by me siding with the devil I know.
I like where my 401(k) is and I like having control over it. I dislike Social Security and can see the writing on the wall if Congress were to take control of my 401(k) or encourage us to give them control of it. No thank you!!!!
I completely agree. Competition does not need to be taken away, but the way the Democrats wrote the initial "Public Option" plan was set up to eliminate competition. They had language written forbidding private insurers from writing new policies. That would have destroyed the industry. If United Healthcare cannot take on new customers, then United Healthcare cannot survive. That was the government's plan and that would have been a disaster.
The Senate Plan did not have the Public Option, but who knows whether or not it will return in the reconciled version.
A public option would not be a terrible thing if it were competition based, but when you have the bottomless pit of the U.S. Treasury available to it, it would not compete on a level playing field.
No, not ineffective. Less efficient, yes, but not ineffective. Not even close to being ineffective.
Immie
1.) Again, the reaction from their own members of Congress was not well received, so you're worrying about nothing. It's not going to happen as none of them are going to commit political hari kari.
Tl;dr is for long posts, it means too long; didn't read. It sums up what I'm saying. And I'm not saying trust Congress, but trust common sense thinking.
2.) And when I say the devil you know, I'm saying you shouldn't trust the Republicans and what many other so called Conservatives are saying so much. They all have their own agenda, and that includes stopping anything the Democrats are doing so they can call them a do-nothing Congress.
Remember how poorly the "Dracula" Congress was just a few days. And besides, Republicans themselves have more to answer to as well. They call themselves the party of fiscal responsibility but haven't been fiscally responsible since Coolidge.
3.) Social Security works in theory and in execution. The problem is that Presidents starting before Reagan but Reagan comes to mind especially in plundering Social Security to fund things. Social Security will have to adapt to the times as all things must. As for your 401k, it's fine.
4.) The whole "Dems are going to get rid of competition" was a right wing talking point. What the Democrats need to do is offer up one to two page bills that sum up different things in the Health Care Bill that they want to do. That way, it's easy to read, and then after you can do all the legalise writing as directed from the bill.
The senate plan will not have the public option plan because they all have already made deals so that wouldn't occur.
5.) Something can be well setup, however if it is ineffective in cost alone then it is ineffective. And yes, for too long, too many have felt the injustice of the Health Care system we have. May it be through too high costs, ineffective care, etc.
