america for americans!

[rone]

I received a call from my House Representative, Zoe Lofgren (and i note that it's not Zoë because she doesn't pronounce the 'e' in her name), asking me to join a phone conference about health care reform.  The various people who chimed in with comments and questions ran the gamut from people who showed various levels of support and opposition who made civil and thoughtful contributions, to outright morons, such as one dolt who said, "I don't want the government in charge of health care.  I'm an employer and people tell me they don't want benefits, and if they need anything they'll just get it for free at the emergency room."  Another clown added, "Health insurance companies want to turn a profit, and there's nothing wrong with making a profit; that's what this country was founded on."  Funny, i thought this country was founded on tax evasion.

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[h-postmortemus.livejournal.com]

Note that I said "company", not "non-profit organization". :)
The concern for-profit companies have is that by offering a publicly funded option, many people will choose to use that instead of a for-profit insurance company. Which will reduce their profitability. And there's no doubt many people will switch to a public option if it's at all cheaper than a for-profit option. So I don't recommend making arguments against these facts. Instead, focus on what level of impact there will be.


You are 100% right about greed. It's one of humanity's biggest challenges, overcoming our own nature that sabotages our advancement.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

If they're worried about their profitability, maybe they should offer more in their product, like many other companies do when they compete against publicly funded alternatives.