"Nobody is defending the status quo," said Jindal, who has been mentioned as a possible GOP presidential candidate in 2012. "We don't want a bureaucrat telling us which treatments we can receive, which providers to go to, how much they'll be paid. We don't want government competition in TV stations, in factories, in stores, in groceries. Why do we think we need government competition in healthcare? Why do we need the government to run a plan to make healthcare work?"
"This is the fundamental issue here. How do you have the government, which is paying for health care, regulating health care, now competing with the private sector?"
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"We have to respond. Mr. Jindal says, 'Well,
the government shouldn't interfere in the market.' The bottom line right now is everyone is at the mercy of the insurance industry, and this would reform the system and put consumers in control. That's what we need."
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/07/23/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5181955.shtmlSo there you have it folks. They're not defending the status quo, but we can't have the government interfering with the dysfunctional health insurance market. So the GOP argument seems to be that we need reform, we can't have reform, and by the way the Democrats are going to increase your taxes.
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