Rockindeano wrote:Eric wrote:Lula wrote:i don't agree that socialist medicine or "universal" health care is what is happening.
If you choose to stay with your employer private health insurance Obama wants to tax the benefit amount as income. So, essentially...we'll be forced into Government universal coverage. I know I won't want to be hit twice...so I'd switch to Universal. And I believe my quality of care will decrease.
I got news for you. Your current private insurance is NON taxed. It's a free ride. That's bullshit. This whole argument on your side is half assed.
The plan that they are going to put forth consists of a choice. You can either choose private or public. This will help small business immensely. As it is currently, small businesses cannot afford to insure their employees. By having some employees(the one's not privately insured), choose public, the burden will be lifted off small business.
It's time for change and goddammit I hope the Democrats say fuck you to the republicans and get it done. They have the 60 votes. They don't need republicans.[/quote
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Deano, hold onto your panties........................ The private health insurance companies won't make it financially, if the government is offering public health insurance. When the government becomes an insurance competitor with private insurance, and the flood of people now insured with private insurance, or employer private insurance move their coverage to public insurance, then that means there are fewer members in the private insurance pool. That means premiums go even higher for each member remaining with private insurance. Then those members can't afford the insurance through their private carrier, so they move to the public program, thereby exaerbating the loss of members in private insurance. Guess what...??? The result will be NO private insurance, only the public insurance and Universal Health Care for all. Your health care provider will then be a lacky of the Federal Government, and since all the profit is taken out of medicine, there will be less health care providers. We will have health care as good as the USPS operates! So to say there is a choice. For a while, but the end game is not good.