Re: The Democrat's Candidate


"Lee Bell" <pleebell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John Kulp wrote

You don't need the government to choose your healthcare provider but
simply to act as the payor.

Sounds good to me. I work for a living and pay into the program. I pay
much
more than my share, to fund insurance for all those people that can't or
won't work for a good enough living to pay for their own. The recipients I
help pay for include millions of people that are here illegally, that pay
nothing into the system, but get full benefits out. Because I'm such a
nice
guy, I also give them full social security benefits, even though they
didn't
pay a dime into that program either. Never mind that Social Security is
darned near bankrupt, it's the right thing to do.

See Medicare. And, if you're concerned about government provided
healthcare, look at the VA. That's exactly
what it is and it has higher quality measures than private healthcare

We've seen Medicare. That's why we're concerned. We've seen the VA, too.
Remember Agent Orange?

Perhaps you think the VA has higher quality measures than private health
care. Some of us don't share your opinion.

Health care by the lowest bidder has about as much chance as being better
than private options as other failed government programs do, none at all.

Lee

The really telling thing is that even though the government is gettting "the
lowest bidder", they'll probably still end up paying more for it than if it
were on the open market.

For instance, I work for a police department and we purchase our computers
from Dell. We don't purchase through the State contracts though because it
costs more to do so than if we purchase using their standard small business
pricing.

You gotta love government "discounts".


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