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"UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. It's the Post Office that's always having proble
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<blockquote data-quote="jayem" data-source="post: 52637919" data-attributes="member: 8344"><p>Since it still hasn't seemed to have sunken in, the current plans in Congress don't eliminate private insurance. The public option is designed to compete with other carriers, and provide coverage to those who our esteemed private insurance companies won't insure.</p><p> </p><p>BO's obvious point was why should you be afraid of losing private insurance if you think the government can't do anything right? What you're saying is that the government plan will so underprice private insuors, that we'll all sign up--even though we know what incompetent service government provides. It's a wrong-headed assumption on 2 levels. 1) That the vast majority of consumers will automatically buy the cheapest product with no thought to quality. If that were true, you'd never see a Lexus or Mercedes on the road. 2) That private isurors will just roll over and die. They won't compete to keep their business. I don't buy this at all. As BO said, there are private enterprises that successfully compete with the government. Health insurance can be kept out of government's clutches simply by the private carriers providing better service at a competitive price. And that's the whole point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jayem, post: 52637919, member: 8344"] Since it still hasn't seemed to have sunken in, the current plans in Congress don't eliminate private insurance. The public option is designed to compete with other carriers, and provide coverage to those who our esteemed private insurance companies won't insure. BO's obvious point was why should you be afraid of losing private insurance if you think the government can't do anything right? What you're saying is that the government plan will so underprice private insuors, that we'll all sign up--even though we know what incompetent service government provides. It's a wrong-headed assumption on 2 levels. 1) That the vast majority of consumers will automatically buy the cheapest product with no thought to quality. If that were true, you'd never see a Lexus or Mercedes on the road. 2) That private isurors will just roll over and die. They won't compete to keep their business. I don't buy this at all. As BO said, there are private enterprises that successfully compete with the government. Health insurance can be kept out of government's clutches simply by the private carriers providing better service at a competitive price. And that's the whole point. [/QUOTE]
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