Nationalized Health Care in 2 weeks? Rise up people!

[cobra bill]

No one is taking away your present health insurance, there has to be a public plan, to keep the for profit ones in check, and for those that can only afford the public plan they have nothing now, and anything is better than nothing. it should be something modeled after the German system, with both private and government, I think there system is rated in the top ten. at this point we are 37th

[IndyCobra]

Originally Posted by cobra bill

No one is taking away your present health insurance, there has to be a public plan, to keep the for profit ones in check.....

Not true and typical of the short sighted thinking in Washington. When the government sets up shop to provide free insurance and taxes the hell out of businesses and individuals to pay for it, what do you think businesses are going to do as a result? Any guess? They are going to eliminate the single largest cost item off their P&L, that being the cost of medical insurance. With a government safety net provided, businesses will simply stop offering their current medical plans. By default, the government will eliminate private heath plans and my choice will be eliminated. The government will complely absorb yet another american industry and undoubtedly, the quality of the care will decline.

I have worked in state and federal governments for 30 years. There is not a single thing they do that is better than private industry. Nothing, nada.......except employ a bunch of people who couldn't possibly get a job out in the "real world".