"Serving the Medical-Industrial Complex" by Robert Parry (6-22-09 Consortium News)

[bobthedrummer]

"The usual knock on government programs is that they're not as efficient as the private sector, which we're told can provide the same product for less money and with higher quality. Thus, it should be no big deal when the public and private collide because the private sector should prevail.

However, in providing health insurance, those rules clearly don't apply, which is why congressional Republicans and so-called "centrist" Democrats are going to such lengths to deny the American people access to a public option on health insurance."

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/062209.html

[sisters6]

1. we need more Big Ed Schultz's speaking out in the msm!!

[bobthedrummer]

2. Welcome to DU, sisters6-we critically need a public option.

[sisters6]

4. thanks. yes we do but NOT the fake ones Congress is spawning which

leave the insurance industry is charge.

[Uncle Joe]

3. These two paragraphs make an excellent point. and the entire article is well worth reading.

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"One might think that Democrats would take this club and beat the Republicans over the head with it. The Democrats could argue that the public option is not only popular but could save money for struggling U.S. businesses by bringing down their health insurance costs and freeing up more money for investment and for the hiring of new workers.

One of the key factors that drove General Motors into bankruptcy was how its health insurance benefits for employees inflated the company’s costs-per-worker total and thus hurt its competitiveness against rivals who operate in countries where the government pays for health care."

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[crickets]

5. K&R -nt