The Public Option

I don’t understand how one can logically claim both:(a) “government run health care will be very, very bad”-and-(b) “it’s unfair for the insurance companies to have to compete with the government”.

I don’t understand how one can logically claim both:(a) “government run health care will be very, very bad”-and-(b) “it’s unfair for the insurance companies to have to compete with the government”.

Only our bribe-taking, worthless congress could come up with a system that mixes lemonade and dog shit. Our private health deniers will pay more for medical services and limit the pool for those in the public plan. The public plan will then be forced to raise rates consistent with the private plan.Net result: Insurance companies, doctors, hospitals, etc. continue to get rich with no need for efficiencies or cuts in executive “pay”.

Only our bribe-taking, worthless congress could come up with a system that mixes lemonade and dog shit. Our private health deniers will pay more for medical services and limit the pool for those in the public plan. The public plan will then be forced to raise rates consistent with the private plan.Net result: Insurance companies, doctors, hospitals, etc. continue to get rich with no need for efficiencies or cuts in executive “pay”.

Do we really have a media traditional or otherwise anymore? I swear all we have are a bunch of idiots who do nothing but give us GOPer talking points. They get a memo every morning and read from it all day long. It seems to start with the Joke and just goes on all day long. At least until Ed Schultz get on, and I sometimes wonder about some of the crap he spews.He makes some good points, but even he, Keith and Rachel have really begun to get on my last nerve.

Do we really have a media traditional or otherwise anymore? I swear all we have are a bunch of idiots who do nothing but give us GOPer talking points. They get a memo every morning and read from it all day long. It seems to start with the Joke and just goes on all day long. At least until Ed Schultz get on, and I sometimes wonder about some of the crap he spews.He makes some good points, but even he, Keith and Rachel have really begun to get on my last nerve.

One thing that must also be considered with a public option: It has to be accepted. I live in a purported “military town” and finding providers who accept the craptastic™ Tricare that is supposed to fulfill the promise of healthcare for military retirees is an ordeal.

One thing that must also be considered with a public option: It has to be accepted. I live in a purported “military town” and finding providers who accept the craptastic™ Tricare that is supposed to fulfill the promise of healthcare for military retirees is an ordeal.

brutlygoddamnhonest -Excellent point sir.This is a current problem with Medicare. Many service providers will not accept Medicare patients.This is one of many reasons why I favor a single payer system. If there is only one payer for everyone, then every service provider will have to accept it, work only on a cash basis, or sell used cars.

brutlygoddamnhonest -Excellent point sir.This is a current problem with Medicare. Many service providers will not accept Medicare patients.This is one of many reasons why I favor a single payer system. If there is only one payer for everyone, then every service provider will have to accept it, work only on a cash basis, or sell used cars.

I just wrote a post on this very issue.Private health insurers typically spend 20% or so of premiums collected on administrative costs (like the $5 million per year salary of its top five executives) and profit. If we’re spending $2 Trillion per year, and private insurers pay for 60% of those costs (which is bullshit, when you factor in how much money in tax subsidies are spent by not taxing employer sponsored health benefits, but let’s use that number, because it makes our case look even better), we’d save $240 Billion in admin costs, and profit.Let’s be fair, and say that at least ten percent of those costs are actually necessary (again, this is bullshit, because I don’t see the government trying to earn a ten percent profit on healthcare as being realistic). That still leaves us saving $120 Billion per year by simply eliminating private health insurers.Imagine just dumping $120 Billion, non-ear-marked, free spending dollars into this economy. See, what our opponents don’t want you to know is that we are already paying for it, every penny of national healthcare, in one way or another.The money is already here, we are spending it. Hospitals that provide free care to the uninsured receive government subsidies for all of that care. We’re paying for it. The deductibles that your insurance company will not pay; we are paying for it. We are paying for the insurance premiums, or the right to have a private insurer assess risk upon us, and tell us what they will and will not pay for. Many families are paying more than ten thousand dollars per year in premiums, and before they receive a penny in benefits, they must pay anywhere from $250 to $10,000 in deductibles out of pocket first.We are already paying for it. We don’t have to generate extra money just to pay for everyone’s healthcare. So let’s eliminate that myth herewith, and get on with the serious business of maintaining everyone’s health.Your Congresscritter, and your senator are receiving a blowjob from their health insurance lobbyist as we speak. Democrats and Republicans alike are unzipping their flies. They will say anything, do anything, make up any story they must in order to keep their health insurance sugar daddy. We need to make sure their flies are zipped before they start discussing this “in committee”.Come at them with numbers. Tell them you are telling everyone you know the same thing. Tell them we are watching, and we will reward good behavior, and punish bad. Tell them that fotunately, here in America, it only takes one day for citizens to destroy an elected official’s entire career. Make sure they know that.

I just wrote a post on this very issue.Private health insurers typically spend 20% or so of premiums collected on administrative costs (like the $5 million per year salary of its top five executives) and profit. If we’re spending $2 Trillion per year, and private insurers pay for 60% of those costs (which is bullshit, when you factor in how much money in tax subsidies are spent by not taxing employer sponsored health benefits, but let’s use that number, because it makes our case look even better), we’d save $240 Billion in admin costs, and profit.Let’s be fair, and say that at least ten percent of those costs are actually necessary (again, this is bullshit, because I don’t see the government trying to earn a ten percent profit on healthcare as being realistic). That still leaves us saving $120 Billion per year by simply eliminating private health insurers.Imagine just dumping $120 Billion, non-ear-marked, free spending dollars into this economy. See, what our opponents don’t want you to know is that we are already paying for it, every penny of national healthcare, in one way or another.The money is already here, we are spending it. Hospitals that provide free care to the uninsured receive government subsidies for all of that care. We’re paying for it. The deductibles that your insurance company will not pay; we are paying for it. We are paying for the insurance premiums, or the right to have a private insurer assess risk upon us, and tell us what they will and will not pay for. Many families are paying more than ten thousand dollars per year in premiums, and before they receive a penny in benefits, they must pay anywhere from $250 to $10,000 in deductibles out of pocket first.We are already paying for it. We don’t have to generate extra money just to pay for everyone’s healthcare. So let’s eliminate that myth herewith, and get on with the serious business of maintaining everyone’s health.Your Congresscritter, and your senator are receiving a blowjob from their health insurance lobbyist as we speak. Democrats and Republicans alike are unzipping their flies. They will say anything, do anything, make up any story they must in order to keep their health insurance sugar daddy. We need to make sure their flies are zipped before they start discussing this “in committee”.Come at them with numbers. Tell them you are telling everyone you know the same thing. Tell them we are watching, and we will reward good behavior, and punish bad. Tell them that fotunately, here in America, it only takes one day for citizens to destroy an elected official’s entire career. Make sure they know that.

If you let your kids eat fast food, then it’s really not going to matter who you get your healthcare from.Garbage InGarbage Out

If you let your kids eat fast food, then it’s really not going to matter who you get your healthcare from.Garbage InGarbage Out