Empty promise

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:15 AM EDT

Andrew Dancer III
Hudson

Even though insurance companies have agreed to lower their costs, I believe that decades of experience with them show that it is an empty promise. I agree with the three-quarters of polled citizens that it is time to find another alternative, and that a legitimate role of government is to be the agency that puts the rights and interests of citizens first. I believe that there is an unavoidable conflict of interest for corporations whose legal obligation is to make money for stockholders.

I believe that members of Congress who receive significant financial support also have a conflict of interest and should choose to do their job and pass a bill that includes a strong public option and get financial support directly from citizens rather than from corporations.

I believe that disruption of our present health care system is a good thing, and that members of the Senate and House of Representatives who choose their own self-interest first do so at their own risk.

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TRUTH wrote on Oct 13, 2009 1:39 PM:

" I'm at a loss to understand what some people think about which direction health care reform should take.
I wasn't aware that health insurance companies had agreed to lower their costs. Does that mean the company's costs or their customer's? The free market is the best way to control costs. I don't care what 75% of polled people believe when it comes to my liberty. At one time, better than 75% of people believed that the world was flat. Poor argument. In addition, the writer presumes these same people agree that a public option is the best course of action. I do agree that government should put the rights and interests of the people first but that rarely happens. When it does happen it's usually at the improper or unjust expense of another. How about decades of experience with government's empty promises, corruption and inefficiencies. Just look at Social Security, medicare, medicaid and the wars on drugs and poverty. These same institutions have been regulating insurance for decades.
This writer believes there is a conflict of interest for insurance companies. What does that mean? I wasn't aware that corporations voted. However, congressional members do receive financial support from these same corporations. The writer's solution is for these ethically compromised members to cast a vote for a public option with no accounting for their acceptance of such dirty money in the 1st place. Is that suppose to absolve them of something or cause one to think they have made the honorable vote. Some additional faulty logic enters when the writer deduces there is no self interest for those members that are already voting for the public option. How naive. Do people think those corporations will not make money with a public option. Those corporations are now becoming vocal because the latest senate version has eliminated the mandatory insurance requirement (liberty loss) for those who choose not to. The corporate argument is that this will cause the cost of premiums to rise. My point is that the corporations could care less about preserving liberty as long as the bottom line is preserved.
Last time I checked, health insurance is not a right. How about my right to purchase insurance from another state at a greatly reduced price. The president's transparent administration (not) is not demanding that the reform bill be viewable for 72 hours before voting. That is so the typical back room corruption can be allowed to occur behind closed doors.
I don't want the government taking on 1/6 of the US economy. Do you? "

stonepound wrote on Oct 17, 2009 2:26 PM:

" Republicans talk big, but when they ran the country taxes went up and corporations went bankrupt. now they are experts on health insurance. Give me a break "

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