Healthcare Insurers' Opposition to 'the public option' Reminds Me of the Br'er Rabbit tale...LINK

[Blackhatjack]

The Healthcare Insurers are perfectly happy with the provision that requires all Americans to purchase health insurance, and the 'public option' being considered would actually drive more people to their private plans.

So like Br'er Rabbit they say "don't throw us in that brier patch(translation: don't include that public option in the bill) knowing all along it will keep the attention of the public off the most favorable aspects of the HCR bill for them as the public spends all its energy on including a public option that will only affect 2% of the people.



"Public Option Plan Will Cover Few Americans, New Statistic Reveals"

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/01/public-option-plan-will-c_n_341408.html

"WASHINGTON — What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent.

That's the estimated share of Americans younger than 65 who'd sign up for the public option plan under the health care bill that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is steering toward House approval.

The underwhelming statistic is raising questions about whether the government plan will be the iron-fisted competitor that private insurers warn will shut them down or a niche operator that becomes a haven for patients with health insurance horror stories."

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"The budget office estimated that about 6 million people would sign up for the public option in 2019, when the House bill is fully phased in. That represents about 2 percent of a total of 282 million Americans under age 65. (Older people are covered through Medicare.)The overwhelming majority of the population would remain in private health insurance plans sponsored by employers. Others, mainly low-income people, would be covered through an expanded Medicaid program."

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Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/01/public-option-plan-will-c_n_341408.html

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[abelard23]

1. Br'er Rabbit not 'Briar'

I am new here and only offer the correction in the friendliest intonation. Br'er is short for 'brother.' The tales provided the ground of my earliest moral training.

[Blackhatjack]

2. You Learn Something New Every Day! Thanks for the Insight n/t

[Blackhatjack]

3. Remember, Just Because You Hang A Label On Something Does Not Change Its True Nature...

Call a dog a cat all day long, and at the end of the day it is still a dog.

This so-called 'public option' does not bear much relation to what the public believes a public option to be.