On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Gruss Gott<grussg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why would a public option contain costs? Insurance is the finance > mechanism NOT the supply mechanism. Go read the CBO report. Their savings estimates are detailed out. The government has run a reasonably successful health insurance program for quite some time. It has things that could certainly go better. And the regulatory reforms in the House bill(s) extend beyond the simple provision of a public option. As I mentioned, there is a lot more to be done. But yes, the US Government has a track record of success in this area, though not much has been done in the last couple decades. Maybe the age of government being able to get things done is dead, maybe it died with Johnson. I don't know. But given the market failures in this area, I'm opting to be hopeful and try to get things done. If you want to play Cassandra and say everything is going to hell in a hand basket regardless, fine, then shut the fuck up and get out of the way while people that want to make a difference try to do so. Juda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302253 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
