The Socialist Nightmare

[FlashLackey]

The reason we have superior healthcare treatments is because we ...

... spend way more than everyone else on them. This isn't to say that there isn't room for improving efficiency. I believe there is. But, the poor quality argument is garbage.

We're not even talking about single payer right now anyway. The current plan addresses shady insurance practices and offers a public option. How is that "socialist"? If the private market can't compete, they'll have to change. Is that a bad thing?

I keep hearing this "competition" argument and can't believe my ears. I understand that you have your reasons for liking Obama's health plan. But, seriously? How can any product compete with another that has a sale price of $0.00? That is not competition. That is subsidizing and yes, it is a bad thing. That this "competition" angle has floated at all is on the selling-Brooklyn-Bridge level of absurd. In reality, it will move to create the same relationship between public and private education. The $0.00, inferior public option will go to the masses and only the wealthy will be able to afford the better private alternative. Hooray for class warfare!

Personally, I'd like to see all health insurance plans, public or private, require an annual physical and doctor's consultation about health status. A lot of conditions could be caught early and treated with lifestyle changes instead of drugs.

Do people not know that smoking, drinking, excessive eating and lack of exercise are bad for them?