Rep. Pricey Harrison changes her Blue Cross postcard for the better

If only we had a few more Pricey’s in the House and at least a couple in the Senate.

At first the “public option” was to be a massive but less-than-universal healthcare plan that would prove so efficient and effective that over several years the public would all opt into it. It was a backdoor to a civilized system of Medicare for all. Now what’s left of it? Now it’s a public option for 2 percent of Americans, and in some states 0 percent, to be run by private corporations, with prices set to avoid any efficiency or competition for the wasteful health insurance companies.

Is that better than nothing? No, it’s worse, because this pathetic scam of a healthcare plan is plastered like lipstick on a pig to a bailout for the health insurance corporations

There won’t be a public option or a single payer option. The elections yesterday are all the evidence of that you need. The exit polling shows that the democrats are destroying themselves with this insane push for a public option despite broad opposition.

I side with BCBSNC on the matter of the postcard, etc, and not with Pricey. I oppose the health plan to start with.

Thhs company is so honest and helpful that they do not deserve to be critisized.

In the last year, I believe it was, they actually dropped my monthly cost for my Medigap and drug Part D. They said because the group I was included in did not make as many claims as they had expected my premium would be lowered.

Now how often do you ever hear of any insurance DROPPING their premium charge? And the amount it was dropped by was minimal, and I would lilkely not even had noticed it!!

I will stick with the BCBS forever!!
Joan G Stratton

Adam, I am offended by your ignorance. How is it that I should be responsible for your health care costs? If you want the “security of not having to worry about medical bills”, then purchase your own health insurance. At least you currently have that choice. Joan does not. She is forced into Medicare, whether she wants it or not, by your almighty Federal Government.
What’s that? You don’t want to pay for you own health insurance policy because it would cost too much? So, your solution to that problem is to force me to pay for it?
If you had any common sense or economics education, you would know that increasing competition in the private sector always lowers costs and improves products.
Because of government interference and excessive regulation, your choices and my choices in private health insurance are extremely limited.
Dictating universal health care control by Government will destroy the best health care system in the world.

“Competition doesn’t work in the health care marketplace.”
False. This statement cannot be based on fact because there has NEVER BEEN true competition in health care in the past 45 years.
Why don’t we try removing the obstacles to competition, and see what happens (e.g., allow me to buy health insurance in any State I choose)? Answer: “Progressive” politics is all about power. Free market capitalism is anathema to political power.

“People in those situations who aren’t doctors themselves can’t be expected to make market-based cost-benefit decisions on health care costs and treatment areas.”
Spoken like a true Leftist. It’s all about control, isn’t it?
In a free society that values liberty, people should be free to make decisions in their own self-interest. That includes health care. What business is it of yours what a patient and their doctor decides together? Oh, yeah…it’s your business if you are paying for it, as you do through Medicare.
So, government control of health care via Medicare is the problem, not medical practitioners. Get government out of health care and then it’s truly none of your business. Could you part with the control, Adam?

Your last statement…
“we need stricter regulation of the market, not less.”
QED.

by badluck. It competition didnt work. Anyway thanks for your information.