On May 27, 11:37*am, "Percival P. Cassidy"
wrote:
On 05/27/10 10:48 am, HeyBub wrote:

,,, There is no enterprise, health care,
education, etc., that cannot be done cheaper and better by private industry.
Take education, for example. No amount of money can improve it as long as it
remains primarily a government purview.

And in many European countries with universal heath care insurance
coverage is provided by private companies, but costs are controlled --
typically by capping the profits that can be made on basic coverage.

What total nonsense. Take a look at the profits of any of the health
insurance companies and the profit is miniscule compared to the total
premiums collected, benefits paid out, etc. In fact, it averages a
mere few percent of revenues across the insurance industry.

And if profit was the problem, the solution then is to INCREASE
competition, which is always a good thing. Yet, that is one thing
the Dems had absolutely no interest in doing. Obama ragged on how in
Alabama one insurance company controlled the majority of the market.
Yet, he was opposed to any solution that would encourage competition
across state lines, so insurance companies from anywhere could sell
policies in any state.




In
some cases the premiums are subsidized for those with low incomes.

The US system and the Canadian system are NOT the only two options.

Perce