Private insurance will compete...they will find out how to do so when they no longer have a free ride to dictate terms as they now do. Think they can't compete with government? Ask UPS and FedEx how they are doing against the Post Office. UPS just turned 100 this year.
People with the money will pay for the types of services they want despite having a government package available. Insurance companies are not in the business to provide care to patients, they are in the business of providing profits to shareholders. That means high premiums and low pay-outs so they have an incentive to with hold care to save money ( profits ). That is why it costs so much for care. Insurance dictates cost of care by controlling what they will pay and those costs have profit for shareholders built in. A government program does not need to build in profits for shareholders or CEOs.
No private insurance company has any plan to offer free care to those 49 million Americans with no protection at all...they suggest you look for a government program ( which they are against ) !!!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Monday, June 8, 2009
Fixing Health Care Does Not Require a "Bi-Partisan" Bill -- It <i>Does</i> Require a Public Health Insurance Option
Fixing Health Care Does Not Require a "Bi-Partisan" Bill -- It <i>Does</i> Require a Public Health Insurance Option
2009-06-08T11:36:00-07:00
Joe the Voter
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