Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, June 19, 2009
A draft proposal in the Senate to overhaul the nation's health-care system would require most people to buy health insurance, authorize an expansion of Medicaid coverage and create consumer-owned cooperative plans instead of the government coverage that President Obama is seeking.
The absence of a "public option" marks perhaps the most significant omission. Obama and many Democrats had sought a public option to ensure affordable, universal coverage, but as many as 10 Senate Democrats have protested the idea as unfair to private insurers. In its place, the draft circulated yesterday outlines a co-op approach modeled after rural electricity and telecom providers, subject to government oversight and funded with federal seed money.
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What exactly do they mean by "Fair"?
ReplyDeleteThe CEO of BCBS of Michigan is paid over $4500 a day, 365 days a year.
The CEO of AETNA Insurance is paid over $65,000 a day, 365 days a year.
What exactly do these men and hundreds of others like them produce that warrants that kind remuneration?
This is similar to the plan they had to turn over SS funds to Wall Street manipulators.
These insurance companies see this pool of 50 million uninsured people as their property.
If this bill becomes law, they will be right