Right, wrong, indifferent, it doesn’t’ seem to matter, the liberal Democrats are going after a public option based on Medicare and amazingly the numbers seem now to work, relatively speaking of course.
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Those of us standing a bit right of center just don’t get it. Our amazement over the fact that some politicians and many Americans want to see more beaurocracy, larger obligations of the Federal government and the taxes to support it all is never ending. I am incredulous hearing that people generally don’t get the health care issue, but are more comfortable blaming the insurance companies. A few bad experiences dealing with some incompetent customer service rep or overzealous claims manager can do that, but when compared to dealing with a federal or state bureaucracy, it pales in comparison. On top of that, what federal or state program is well run over a long period or comes even close to meeting budget or is not tinkered with by every successive Congress or legislature?
Does the average person who supports a public option really think that the plan will pay whatever is ordered, not apply medical necessity standards, ration care in some form or not quickly become underfunded? Do they think that the taxes to support all this will not rise continuously? How do they think such a plan will control the rate of health care inflation once all the profit is driven out of health insurance? What do they think will be the consequences of a public option paying providers Medicare rates for millions more Americans?
Be careful what you ask for, you just may get it.
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