They didn't call it an "Exchange". They called it a "Cartel". [View All]

When the competing Oil Corporations in the Middle East gathered under one roof, they didn't call it an "Exchange".
They called it a "Cartel".
They did NOT "encourage competition".
They ended it.

I am one of the 45 million "uninsured" Americans.
I understand that after this "reform" passes, I will be herded into the "Exchange" with 45 Million other Americans where I will FORCED to BUY a product from one of the For Profit Health Insurance Corporations sitting on the "Exchange". There will be NO Publicly Owned, Government Administered option available. Under penalty of LAW, I will be FORCED to give my business directly to one of these Corporations.

Obama and the "Centrist" Democrats say that we need an "Exchange" so that I will have access to "One Stop Shopping where I can compare Prices and Plans".
But I can already do this.
So can anyone with Internet Access.
Just Google "Shop for Health Insurance" and see what happens.
You get 52 Million hits.
There are many sites where you can "compare Prices and Plans".
Its easy.

Obama and the "Centrist" Democrats also say that having the Health Insurance Corporations under one roof will force them to "compete" against each other for my business.
Pardon Me, but ROFL.
I've been an American all of my life.
I have directly experienced HOW Big Business works in this country.
When the BIG 5 Health Insurance Corporations look at 45 Million forced customers herded into the "Exchange" Pens, they will NOT "compete" against each other.
They WILL simply divide the herd and go about the shearing.

These people are hardened sociopaths, and already have a documented track record of Collusion in dividing up markets in individual states.
They already know how to do this. It is WHAT they do.
There won't even need to be a spoken word of agreement among the principles.
They already KNOW the rules for MAXIMUM PROFIT.
They will NOT undercut each other. They will NOT "compete".
The prices and packages available on the "Exchange" are going to be miraculously similar.
There will be no REAL bargains.
Its The American Way.

"Oh, but there will be "regulations" against that."
Pardon me again, but more ROFL.
Collusion and Price Fixing is extremely difficult to prove, even IF you have an honest and powerful Watchdog agency....which we don't.
The Price Fixing WILL be done by silent Gentlemen's Agreement.
There will be no way to PROVE it. These people already KNOW how to do this.
They already KNOW the answers if hauled into court.
They will NOT undercut each other.
Remember the Cigarette Execs appearing before Congress?
SOLIDARITY...and Mountains of pure MANDATED PROFIT!

The ONLY way to introduce REAL competition into the "Exchange" was an option to BUY into a plan "like Medicare"..Publicly Owned/Government Administered.
Without the Public Option, the "Exchange" is nothing more than a cattle pen for 45 Million Americans forced to BUY from a de-facto Cartel.


Fix it NOW.
Pass it LATER.
There will be NO "Fixing it Later",
especially after the losses in 2010.

We will be forced to live with THIS bill for a LONG time.
Say "NO!" to Mandated Profits for the Health Insurance Industry.