This House "public option" collaborates with private insurance rather than competes with it.

Political Heretic

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Thu Oct-29-09 05:25 PM
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This House "public option" collaborates with private insurance rather than competes with it.

It fails.

There are still some good things, like making denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions illegal. But this isn't comprehensive health reform. It's insurance reform.

There is no "public option" that would compete with private insurance, but only a government run insurance that must negotiate its rates with private insurance and pharmaceutical companies. This is what the insurance companies wanted.

Now when we pass this, the momentum for further "health reform" will be dead for another generation and we'll still be stuck with a health system than is the worst of any industrialized nation in the world in terms of coverage and cost.

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KansDem

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Thu Oct-29-09 05:38 PM
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1. But...but...what about the "robust public option?"

Are you saying we'll get the "robust-lite public option?"

Or maybe the "robust-free public option?"

Wha...what are you telling us?

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tbyg52

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Thu Oct-29-09 05:48 PM
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2. "Robusty" public option. It's got robustiness. nt

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Zodiak

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Thu Oct-29-09 06:54 PM
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4. Yup....it's got robustiness, that is for sure

Just like truthiness....or changiness.

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FiveGoodMen

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Thu Oct-29-09 06:27 PM
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3. Our "representatives" were never trying to help US

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county worker

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Thu Oct-29-09 06:55 PM
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5. I've been saying similar things all week!

You will be forced to buy coverage from the insurance industry and the most affordable plans will have high deductibles, high co-pays and limited care.

You will have less spendable income do to the premiums and costs of care so high you will still not seek treatment. Welcome to change you have to live with.

This is similar to mandating auto insurance. You have no other option but to pick less coverage to get low cost premiums. To many people this is worse than no bill at all.

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Political Heretic

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Fri Oct-30-09 04:29 PM
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6. KICK

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berni_mccoy

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Fri Oct-30-09 04:33 PM
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7. Wrong. The PO must negotiate rates with Hospitals and Doctors, not Insurance companies.

I'm so damn tired of the false information running around here.

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