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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (135125)	3/28/2010 9:26:50 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 543200

the opponents of including a public option weren't going to be happy with it regardless of whether it had provisions in it prohibiting public subsidies True. Evidently their view of government efficiency versus private efficiency is that government cannot compete even with the overhead advantage that a non-profit, large scale, government run public option provider would have enjoyed. I think you're misreading that. I don't think the overhead advantage of government processing is in question. It is the effect on demand from offering single-payer "free" service as an entitlement that was expected to dwarf any overhead benefit. The public option was feared as a slippery slope to that. None of it matters in the long run. If insurance costs keep rising we'll revisit public option and single payer Probably. If we revisit the public option, I hope it will be as a legitimate demonstration project. But that would require more critical thinking and less ideology and the chanting of mantras. Like "profit." Some people are actually interested in solving a problem here. Most people are just trying to impose their ideological biases.

To: cnyndwllr who wrote (135125)	3/30/2010 2:58:44 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543200

Just happened upon something that reminded me of you. It's a lefty who recognizes what I do about enforcement. FWIW. From: Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill By: Jane Hamsher Column heading "Myth" "13. The bill prohibits dropping people in individual plans from coverage when they get sick. The bill does not empower a regulatory body to keep people from being dropped when they’re sick." Column heading "Truth" "There are already many states that have laws on the books prohibiting people from being dropped when they’re sick, but without an enforcement mechanism, there is little to hold the insurance companies in check." fdlaction.firedoglake.com