Let's Cut To The Chase-the private market-based approach obviously is not working

Let's Cut to the Chase

The spiraling cost of insurance is really our biggest barrier right now with respect to extending coverage to the uninsured.

It is also the biggest barrier to preserving current coverage for the shrinking number of us who do have insurance, without crushing more and more employers, and more and more families, under the spiraling burden.

Face facts: with respect to this biggest problem, the private market-based approach obviously is not working.

This case is not hard to grasp. In fact, it is impossible to miss.

more:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/8/31/773273/-Senators,-I-Have-a-Simple-Question

Are we really suppose to believe that corporations have the best interests of the people at heart?

A single-payer system would fix this immediately, and most of us know that. In the alternative, a "robust" public option, and by that I mean a government-administered health insurance plan that is projected to enroll at least 50 million Americans within five years, should be able to actually drive down costs and "keep the insurance companies honest."

Otherwise, this problem will continue to grow. Personally, I do not favor a bail-out of the health insurance cabal (through subsidies and the individual mandate). That will merely give the insurance companies 50 million new customers who must buy their products or become criminals. That will only strengthen the health insurance companies and delay real reform.

I am waiting to see how my party handles this situation, but I am not optimistic.

:dem:

-Laelth

The original "public Option" plan called for about 130 million enrolled, only subsidies for the public option and none for private insurance, and Medicare rates of reimbursement for the public option. 130 million is about about half the US population not on Medicare/Medicade.

:shrug:

Either way, I agree with you that Medicate +5% would be better, and I agree that subsidies should only go to those who choose the public option.

Doesn't look like our party is going to be able to deliver that, does it? The real question is, does our party even want to do that, or have they been completely captured by corporate interests?

:dem:

-Laelth

more than they want real reform.

When push comes to shove, that is.