By E. Thomas McClanahan, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Florida's move wasn't in the area of health insurance. It was property insurance. The state's property-insurance arm originally had above-market rates, but later it began competing directly with private insurers.
Now it handles a sizeable portion of the market, but lacks the financial backup to handle a bad hurricane. In other words, the taxpayers are on the hook.
This is exactly what will happen if Congress passes a public option -- even one that initially offers above-market, non-competitive rates. With that vehicle in place, Democrats will exert constant pressure to force public-option rates down, and soon it will begin to rapidly displace many of the private-sector operators, setting the nation on the road to single-payer health care. But then, that was the goal all along, wasn't it?
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Boomhauer - are you naive?
For the [Federal] government to enter the insurance game they need a pool of money to cover claims.
The "pool" you speak of will be money borrowed from the Chinese.
government will spend the premiums
For the government to enter the insurance game they need a pool of money to cover claims.
You think the government will collect premiums and let the excess money just sit there? No, the buffons will borrow against it, just like social security. How did that work out for us?
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That Is What I Call Drinking the Kool-Aid
Nice words, but not backed by reality. Oh yes, the capitalistic Republicans are so much better at reducing big Government. They're so good at telling people to take charge of their own lives, you can see this in all the welfare programs the Republicans have eliminated, you know, like the ... um ... um ... gee I can't think of any. Can you name even one? Ever???
Your post sounds like me 20 or 30 years ago. I used to believe the Republicans myself. They say the right things, no doubt about that. They are really good at whipping people up about eliminating welfare and social programs and the deficit, but the reality is that they have no intention to do anything about them once they've got your vote. They cannot afford to succeed, because their success would eliminate the very thing that gets them votes. They HAVE to keep these programs alive so they can continue to use them to whip people up into a frenzy. And they're so good at it that they can convince people that they're sincere when they're obviously NOT. Like I said, I used to believe them myself, and I count many strong Republican friends and relatives who gladly use all these social programs and see nothing inconsistent with wanting to eliminate the programs for everyone else but them. One in particular galls me – he was unable to work in his factory due to lung problems, so Government paid for 7 semesters of college education in computers -- but he won't finish it because then he'd be qualified to work and thus lose his SSI. But wow he can really quote Limbaugh and gripe about all those welfare cheats.
I know you think I'm some sort of bleeding heart liberal but you'd be surprised, I favor a balanced budget amendment and eliminating numerous welfare programs (why do we need SSI, Medicaid, WIC, etc. etc.). The difference is that I'm just tired of being lied to and used. I've listened for 51 years to the Republicans promising great things but delivering nothing. The deficit is sooooo important now. OK, why didn't they gripe about it during Bush? Where was the Balanced Budget Amendment? Silence, because it didn't suit their purposes. It's just another tool to get votes. They know people hate the deficit, so they use it to get votes, knowing full well they'll never do a darned thing about it.
This is NO defense of Democrats. The only thing I can say about them is that they do what they say. In short, the "choice" is between the party that honestly says and does the wrong thing (Democrats) versus the party that lies about the right thing but actually does the wrong thing (Republicans). Some choice! The parties are really just window-dressing anyway. It doesn't really matter who we vote for, the real power is not the parties, it is the corporations that actually manipulate things and make you think the Congress actually represents the people.
No, Tom - not exactly
But then, that was the goal all along, wasn't it
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I'm convinced it is a power grab. Make the whole country dependent on the government and what do you get? Well you get more Democrat voters! Why would someone dependent on the government for every facet of their life vote for some capitalistic Republican who won't give you anything but a kick in the pants telling you to take charge of your life.