Sounds as if Co-ops are going to get it from both sides. That makes them sound better and better.
Single payer system........isnt that what canada has..............isnt that the system that is going down the crapper right now. I think their health sec stated it best when she said the system was "sick".
I dont get why opening up beyond state lines is a bad idea. That allows most people to shop around and opens up the options. Co-ops that increase the # of pts will give more bargining power to those in the co-op. Coverage of preexisting is a must and I agree we need to have the govern mandate that if needed.
Far as comp from the govern run plan.......that is not comp at all. No private comp can compete with the govern on a one on one basis. It is a joke to say they could or even bring it up. The govern has endless pockets via eating up tax payer dollars(which it can just raise if it runs short or "barrow" to increase debt) and can change the rules as they wish. That would be like asking junior high basketballers to compete with the Lakers when the refs are playing on the Laker squad.
And as far as bloated insur comps, well our bloated govern consumes far more and give less back than any insurer. Yet they still seem to have no profits and alway run in the red. Lets all not forget that the govern does not create wealth, it consumes it. It consumes our countries wealth and this plan will consume a lot more(especially when it is made "budget neutral" via a big arse tax increase).
Lastly, if our govern was a corp they would have files chapter 11 a long time ago. But they dont have to "compete" with anyone. They get to just run up debt and have us, our children and grandchildren pay for it. They find a way to take in trillions and cant keep a budget that brings them into surplus. Now that we are trillions down we should handover to them a huge portion of our countries econ so they can create a new entitlement they cant pay for(similar to SS and medicare). Sorry, not for me. So lets knock a little of the bloat out of them before we start pointing to bloat in private insurances companies(not that I am a fan of them either as I pay thousands a month for myself and staff and sem to get little in return).
Lastly, I understand increasing the pool very well to bring down costs. I also understand that forcing the young to pay insur when they can't afford is kinda B.S. Should everyone be insured.......I believe they should but..........Mandating they do is crap. It is ever single americans god given right to make just as bad of choice as they see fit. I grew up with no insurance and luckily never had a problem. Luckily. But would not have had the money to pay for it at the time if forced. You really want to kill this bill we should show that mandate to all those young that will be forced or penalized to pay for something they dont want.