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To: skinowski who wrote (308766)	6/5/2009 9:10:03 PM
From: LindyBill	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793624

they are out to take over an industry. To get the Ins industry to go a long, they have to git a long with them. Take them over in a Fascist manner. The people running them have to see they are going to get rich out of it in exchange for letting the Gov run it.

To: skinowski who wrote (308766)	6/6/2009 10:11:20 PM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793624

We are going to come back to this in a very short period of time, would be my guess...I agree, if Obama and his crew take over health care, our goose is cooked for sure. I personally think it will be the tipping point for America.... >>>>>If the answer is yes, then the public plan would not offer honest competition to private plans. The taxpayer subsidies would tilt the playing field in favor of the public plan. In this case, the whole idea of a public option seems to be a disingenuous route toward a single-payer system, which many on the left favor but recognize is a political nonstarter.<<<<< >>>>>If the answer is no, then the public plan would need to stand on its own financially and, in essence, would be a private nonprofit plan. But then what's the point? If advocates of a public plan want to start a nonprofit company offering health insurance on better terms than existing insurance companies, nothing is stopping them from doing so right now. There is free entry into the market for health insurance. If a public plan without taxpayer support would succeed, so would a nonprofit insurance company. The fundamental viability of the enterprise does not depend on whether the employees are called "nonprofit administrators" or "civil servants." <<<<<