Quote from mrbill:
If you don't have insurance, but are still able to go to the hospital when needed, you have an added fee of about 1% per year. Isn't that the conservative way to do things? Pay not get it free?
Quote from ChkitOut:
and there in lies the problem. anytime the govt gets 'a little' involved in something, you can bet its only a matter of time before they are running the entire process.
can you say...student loans?? :eek:
we'll all be dead before we become complete communists but sure enough, we'll get there.
Quote from mrbill:
Don't get so extreme, you should know better. The gov't does pretty well with Medicare, perhaps not much else, but it makes sense to eliminate corporate ins companies as 3rd parties, save the overhead. We're already paying overhead to the gov't for over 50% of all healthcare, better economies of scale I think.
Quote from Tsing Tao:
Oh, absolutely. They (the government) sure have shown their incredible ability to run an operation well many times before.
Quote from bigarrow:
Yes they have, I can mail a letter/bill/advertisement any where in the USA for under a buck and it gets there in a couple of days, very cheap and fast and dependable.
if I have the choice I'll take the gov.