Once again I've seen one of those "How would you like having the DMV run healthcare?" things and wondered why anyone wouldn't be in favor of that. In every encounter I have ever had with the DMV they have handled crowds of people with courtesy and efficiency. They have never lost my records or acted confused as to why I was there. Since the advent of the Internet I have been able to conduct a lot of business with them online.
I contrast my private health insurance co., Aetna, has fucked up two of the last three interactions that I have had with them, causing missed appointments and really pissing me off. By all accounts my experience is hardly unique. 'Private' health insurance isn't really in the private sector in the sense that if you get bad service you can take your business to any of a number of competitors. I have one option for health insurance. Many states have only one insurer doing business in the whole state. I think this notion that people believe anything labeled 'private' must necessarily provide better service than something labeled 'government' just flies in the face of actual experience. - God must have loved the people in power, for he made them so much like their own image of him. -Kenneth Patchen _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
