Obamacare without a government option simply holds America hostage to the greedy healthcare companies

[JimRom]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

OP, take the collective brain of the right wingers here, and you will quickly find out why you can't blame the President but the right wingers for absence of Public Option... they want insurance companies to run the show.

Hmm, I've been called a right winger - even though socially I'm more of a liberal - and I definitely don't think insurance companies should run the show. In fact, most days I'm not even sure that they should exist. And I most assuredly don't believe that American citizens should be forced into doing business with the very same industry which has been responsible for much of the exorbitant increase in healthcare costs.

[NSHL10]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

Hypocrite.

You should be ashamed of being a vocal opponent of Public Option since the earliest days.

Asking for people to be informed of the cost of something is being opposed to it? Public option should be available as competition to insurance companies as long as it doesn't cannibalize safety net insurance like Medicare.
I had said all long that I don't think public option will have the huge savings that some think it will have. Sorry if reality gets in your way of thinking. Logical people would like to see the cost of something before buying it.

[Hoonose]

Originally Posted by JimRom

Hmm, I've been called a right winger - even though socially I'm more of a liberal - and I definitely don't think insurance companies should run the show. In fact, most days I'm not even sure that they should exist. And I most assuredly don't believe that American citizens should be forced into doing business with the very same industry which has been responsible for much of the exorbitant increase in healthcare costs.

The main reason HC costs are so high has more to do with new technologies, our aging demographics and the general practice style of most docs these days. We have essentially moved en masse to specialty medicine which is very expensive. HC insurance is of course an add to all that. But even without private or other 3rd parties our HC costs are going more astronomical as we move forward.

[Hoonose]

Originally Posted by NSHL10

Asking for people to be informed of the cost of something is being opposed to it? Public option should be available as competition to insurance companies as long as it doesn't cannibalize safety net insurance like Medicare.
I had said all long that I don't think public option will have the huge savings that some think it will have. Sorry if reality gets in your way of thinking. Logical people would like to see the cost of something before buying it.

A public option would probably supplant the Medicaids. Medicare could stay on its own for seniors, or not. Since Medicare already is essentially a public option for seniors.

It will all cost a whole lot of money! And I would be very surprised to see savings due to a public option. More people, more patients, more testing and more care won't come any cheaper.