That's an oft-made argument, but ... out of curiosity ... what % meet that description, and ... how do you know??
============================================================ Greater than 60%. I worked for a state welfare department for three years.
Which is why we have a bill that enriches the insurance industry.
Even more simple: Treat the insurance industry as a Public Utility and let those who can't afford it join Medicaid.
The takeover of the Student Loan program allows the government to make the profit instead of the existing lenders. That profit can be included in the health bill thereby lowering its overall cost to meet targets.
There is nothing in the recent health care legislation that addresses costs. Cost containment was not the goal, nor was it seriously considered. No tort reform, no nation-wide competition, no medical savings accounts, nothing.
It is generally bad practice to apply commercial solutions to government programs (think bonuses for the number of traffic tickets written). The bigger problem is moving a commercial endeavor to within the government. Interestingly, moving government functions to the commercial realm often works quite well (i.e., janitorial services for government buildings).
Further, you misunderstand what liberals want. The Health Care legislation is but a means to an end, not the end itself. The biggest disaster in the recent legislation is not the legislation itself, it is the hubris engendered in the progressive mindset. Now there is nothing they will not consider feasible.
Makes sense, but would it not work better if they took over Exxon-Mobile? They need computers to run the systems so t hey could take over IBM too. I'm just thinking cost savings here, of course.
Cost containment should have been the first place to start. Then again, the people that passed the bill have no idea what that means.
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