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To: Paul Kern who wrote (118892)8/19/2009 8:42:33 PM
From: Dale Baker  Respond to of 543056
 
How about all the private security agencies working in the US and abroad? Don't we have police and military for that? Wouldn't they make any competitors redundant due to the size and scale of their operations and the inherent efficiencies?

What's that, did I hear someone say those agencies have thrived because private sector people willing to pay made a choice to use them instead of or in addition to government forces?



To: Paul Kern who wrote (118892)8/19/2009 8:47:45 PM
From: quehubo  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 543056
 
You do realize that the USPO is in financial dire straights and the they have a monopoly on first class mail to your mail box?

I imagine some private insurers for the very few who could afford premium coverage would survive.

So how does a private insurer compete against a plan the government can offer when the government can tell the medical industry this is what we will pay?


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