The Point Of A Public Option Is To Create Competition?
Posted on August 24, 2009
Only in Liberal World, which is about as divorced from reality as Disney World is (but, without all the fun, laughter, and good times), could you get a quote like this
(Senator Chucky) Schumer (D-NY) said that Obama isn’t backing away from the public option.
“I believe at the end of the day we’ll have a public option,” he said. “What is the way to bring costs down? The good old-fashioned way is to bring competition,” said Schumer. “It is indeed essential to getting the costs down, which is our number one problem.”
In case Excitable Chuckles (not to be confused with Excitable Chucky at Little Green Nutjobs) has missed it, there is plenty of competition in the market place already. So far, it has worked to bring down costs that much. Why? Well, a few of the problems (not all, of course) include not being able to insure out of state and mandatory federal requirements for what ALL plans must cover. As a 41 year old male, I really do not think mine needs to cover hysterectomies and gynecology exams, but, they do!
Allow insurance companies to create pool plans across the country, not just cross state competition. This would benefit all levels, but, most specifically individuals and small businesses. Imagine companies like CIGNA and United Healthcare, among others, being able to create pools that encompass employees for companies that span the USA. Imagine the cost reduction.
How, exactly, will creating a public option, with potentially below market mandates, create competition, particularly when private companies are driven out of business?
I’m not sure which is scarier, that Chucky might actually believe what he said, or that he thinks Americans are dumb enough to believe what he said.
Oh, and if you want to create more competition, how about stopping all the demonization of insurance companies?
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I’ve linked to your post from Obamacare although I used the title (Senator Chucky) Schumer (D-NY): About the “point” of public option … and his single payer supporters, as Jeremiah Films is getting fresh visitors who have been misled by articles such as http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/05/lewin-groups-parent-compa_n_252180.html in to believing single payer is a myth.
sorry the comment ran together underline tag did not work and don’t have a edit option.
Why doesn’t Stop the ACLU like Little Green Footballs? LGF is Conservative, is it not?
I happen to like competition on a state by state basis instead of federal for the simple reason federal competition usually is not real competition as most competitors either merge or get bought out by a few successful ones. Take the fuel companies or media for example. This is the same reason I do not want a federal cooperative or a public option.
A monopoly or virtual monopoly of any sort is a foolish idea.
These clowns will say anything to get their foul smelling product passed. After listening to Obama’s town hall pontifications
and now reading Schumer’s pitch, I think I finally grasp the essence of the left’s arguments. The essence is this: come on honey, just let me put it in a little bit.
LGF is not conservative. Charles Johnson is liberal on MOST issues.
Alex, as Jay pointed out, LGF is not Conservative. In fact, Charles Johnson is basically an anti-jihadi Progressive, one of the few.
I can’t speak for Jay and the other posters here at STACLU, but, for myself, no, I do not like that Statist, anti-religion, anti-free speech site anymore.