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Originally Posted by Parthon  It would take everyone to put aside being right about their stance/opinion to start working together towards a common goal: a health system that works. The only unfortunate thing is that I think humans coming together to solve such a problem is even less likely that us all sprouting wings and evolving into angels. |
Seems unlikely. I think you pointed out some of the big obstacles that are making private insurance much more expensive: lawsuits. But the Obama administration will not make frivolous lawsuits harder to file because they get tons of money from the Trial Lawyers. Make these lawsuits harder to file, open up competition between states... suddenly people have much more OPTIONS than they had before. Suddenly words like "consumer choice" will actually have some substance behind them, other than trying to apply these terms to a government-only plan.
Yet, those ideas are being completely ignored. Why? Because the administration wants ONLY a government program.
But to make a larger point, I think that yes everyone should start talking about healthcare in the context of ALL the options, and not just assume it's government run healthcare, vs. the evil insurance companies. Right now the people in power (the democrats in the house, senate, and the president himself) are framing that argument in those terms. So if the conversation is going to change, the burden is on them.
One thing I just find frustrating is this idea that corporations and insurance companies are these evil, greedy institutions yet the government is made of luminous beings with white light surrounding them. Hello-- big, consolidated power structures are the same no matter what they are CALLED. The only difference is one of them gets to make up laws and punish citizens for not following them.