Irie, the supporters of the GOP have a very consistent habit of voting for GOP "ideals", even when those ideals directly counter their own well-being...it's why there is always some sort of "anti-American" or some other hateful or racist tag attached to it...it actually makes their followers vote against their own well-being as some sort of self-sacrifice for the "American Way"...

Vic, when parties who can't compete have to bow out of the game, that's the absolute definition of "competition"...if competition didn't whittle out the dead wood, then what's the point?

If private insurance companies can manage to provide these things that they are utterly failing at right now...

1. Good care...
2. at an affordable price
3. And do so with no biases or prejudices

...then they'll be able to compete.

If they can't provide as good of coverage, at as good of a rate, to everyone...then they should not be in business.

That's the "free market" that your leaders are always spouting about...until, of course, that very same free market will put them out of business for failing to remember that competitive prices and good customer service are the cornerstones of good business.

They'll adapt...or die.

That is what competition is all about.

The cool thing about it is that if you feel so strongly about paying more for mediocre care...you can keep on doing so, and support those poor insurance companies in their battle to "compete"...until they either do compete, or die.

It's always "all about the money"...until it's their money...then it's "Socialism"...

Fish on...

Todd