Quote Originally Posted by Total_Blender View Post
I don't see how a mandate to buy insurance from a private system could be interpreted as "socialist". Its a gimme to private insurance companies. Myself I don't see whats wrong with starting a public pool to compete with the private companies for those of us who can't access the private system. That would be more "socialist" than what is being proposed currently.
do you realize how much campaign $$ the private insurance companies gave to the big O. those companies are also ties into many other companies"banks, oil, etc" and alot of the same people own them. did you also know that medicare and medicaid are already "managed" and "underwritten" by most major insurance companies. i learned this because i did hospital billing and collections and i learned a whole lot about the system and it sucks really. basically a public pool will still be ran by the private companies. now what are the people going to do like me who cannot afford any type of insurance at all atm. i'll get fined or go to jail, atleast that was in the proposed bill. it was going to be insurance reform from the beginning and obama, and all the companies knew it, they just had to put on a show for the people so we felt like we won and still make a difference. remember the big meeting they all had over a year ago, they do have agenda's they follow you know.