You didn't get a public option or you didn't get single payer and now your pissed.

[girl gone mad]

2. "What you want is not to have to pay for your medical care."

No. What I want is to not have to pay parasitic middle men to interfere with and control my access to health care while leeching away massive profits for themselves.


"Does it really matter if an insurance company or the government provides the coverage if the care is the same? Answer is no. But some think that if the government provides the coverage it is free! "

Yes, it matters. Our government does not need to turn a profit to please its shareholders and enrich its executives. Our government is not revenue constrained. Our government can provide "free" coverage that expands money available within the private sector, increasing the purchasing power and reducing debt levels for average Americans. Private insurers can only remove money from the productive sector, and will only do so while taking their significant cut which amounts to an enormous burden on the rest of the economy. Private insurers will do everything within their power to reduce protection to policy holders and decrease service and costs, often paying for the least expensive care rather than the most beneficial care.