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TheGame · 11-25-2009, 01:53 PM

The problem with a 'backstop' government program is that there's no way for it to do anything but add to the deficit and be paid for by tax dollars. Since it can't take the bad with the good, like a private insurance company, it's set up to fail from a financial perspective.

At least a public option has a CHANCE of lowering the deficit and paying for itself, since it could be collecting premiums from the healthy.

(By the way, I'd vote against the extremely compromised version of the public option they have now.)

11-25-2009, 01:53 PM	#3
TheGame The Greatest One TheGame is offline Location: Bakersfield CA Now Playing: Shut the hell up and quit asking me questions Posts: 3,412	Re: "Support for Healthcare Plan Falls to All Time Low" The problem with a 'backstop' government program is that there's no way for it to do anything but add to the deficit and be paid for by tax dollars. Since it can't take the bad with the good, like a private insurance company, it's set up to fail from a financial perspective. At least a public option has a CHANCE of lowering the deficit and paying for itself, since it could be collecting premiums from the healthy. (By the way, I'd vote against the extremely compromised version of the public option they have now.) __________________ "I have been saying this for some time, but customers are not interested in grand games with higher-quality graphics and sound and epic stories,"-Hiroshi Yamauchi I AM TheGame, and I am THAT DAMN GOOD