Reid getting hit from both the left and the right, not a good time for him to be crafting controversial legislation given the fact that he’s up for re-election next year.My question to this nurse is, does she realize that there’s nothing stopping the government from making the same exact decisions that the insurance companies make? The government will be insuring hundreds of millions more people than they insure now (much more than Canada and England combined) and will have to cut costs some way. They don’t have to make a profit but they will only be able to spend what’s been allocated (and what they collect in fees). Just look to Medicaid and see how many treatments and tests they deny and you’ll get a sense of what the public option might look like.The current system has flaws that can be addressed by health care reform but replacing it with what will surely be a substandard, government-run system is not the way to fix it. We will have the same problems we have now, plus entirely new ones. Don’t kid yourself that if you remove profit from the system you’ll get a more generous health care system. It will be much more stingy as it continually tries to keep down costs (we already know that medical devices will cost more and that doctor reimbursements will be reduced). (via)
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posted October 19, 2009 at 12:35 pm
“Just look to Medicaid and see how many treatments and tests they deny and you’ll get a sense of what the public option might look like.”
and yet, find me a majority of medicaid recipients who wants medicaid taken away. nobody says that a public option would be perfect, but like medicaid, it would be used and liked by those who have nothing better. something is better than nothing.
“It will be much more stingy as it continually tries to keep down costs”
you mean, as republicans continually refuse to fund it.
posted October 19, 2009 at 11:36 pm
new poll out today.
57 vs 40 percent support a government-sponsored insurance option
51 vs 37 percent would rather see a plan pass congress without republican support, if it includes a public option
only 19 percent trust congressional republicans to make the right decisions for the country’s future
only 20 percent of americans identify themselves as republicans
hmmm. not a good day to be the “party of no”. bluedogs and republicans had better take note that they’re on the wrong side.