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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (469444)4/7/2009 1:07:16 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576893
 
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Z, if we're going to move to universal health care, I'd like to have the choice to go with a private insurance provider. Just like with universal K-12 education, people have the choice to go with a private school. Same with the post office. People have the choice to use FedEx, UPS, etc.

You on the other hand want to set up a government-run monopoly. That's just wrong on so many levels.

Well, Obama and Hillary and most of the Dems agree with you and that's basically Obama's plan.

I don't think we should outlaw private health insurance. I just think that there will be no need for it. There certainly will be private health care providers and anybody who wishes to pay them can do so. That's the way it is in most other countries, I think.

-Z



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (469444)4/7/2009 5:21:52 PM
From: bentway  Respond to of 1576893
 
" I'd like to have the choice to go with a private insurance provider."

I'm sure that choice will still be available. You will still have to pay the taxes as if you WERE using the universal system, but no one will stop you. Of course, Intel will cease to offer insurance, so, you'll be covering the entire nut yourself.