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Kiopa_Matt · 04-17-2011, 07:16 AM

The entire US healthcare debacle is/was a joke. In my mind, without a public option, that bill is somewhat useless. You either need to nationalize health care, or at the very least, allow the government to administer its own insurance plan within the free market. Why so much fear in allowing the government to compete with the free market? Other than the fact Republicans are busy sucking the cocks of their corporate masters, of course.

Medicare / Medicaid has a 3 - 4% overhead, whereas private insurers have a 30 - 35% overhead. Why not allow the government to compete in that market? Government can offer its own plan, probably at 20% discounted rates than others, forcing the competition to lower their own rates. Seems like a no-brainer to me, but nope, can't have that in the US.

I remember when the debate was going on, a survey was taken in Canada, asking if people like socialized health care, or would prefer the American privatized system. A resounding amount of Canadians, around 95%, said they were happy with the socialized health care, and didn't want a privatized system. I could be wrong, but I would imagine the same would go for Scandanvian and Western European countries as well.

04-17-2011, 07:16 AM
Kiopa_Matt Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,448	The entire US healthcare debacle is/was a joke. In my mind, without a public option, that bill is somewhat useless. You either need to nationalize health care, or at the very least, allow the government to administer its own insurance plan within the free market. Why so much fear in allowing the government to compete with the free market? Other than the fact Republicans are busy sucking the cocks of their corporate masters, of course. Medicare / Medicaid has a 3 - 4% overhead, whereas private insurers have a 30 - 35% overhead. Why not allow the government to compete in that market? Government can offer its own plan, probably at 20% discounted rates than others, forcing the competition to lower their own rates. Seems like a no-brainer to me, but nope, can't have that in the US. I remember when the debate was going on, a survey was taken in Canada, asking if people like socialized health care, or would prefer the American privatized system. A resounding amount of Canadians, around 95%, said they were happy with the socialized health care, and didn't want a privatized system. I could be wrong, but I would imagine the same would go for Scandanvian and Western European countries as well. __________________ xMarkPro -- Ultimate Blog Network Management Streamline your marketing operations. Centralize management of domains, pages, Wordpress blogs, sponsors, link codes, media items, sales and traffic statistics, plus more!