Rep. Inglis (R-SC): The public option will put private insurance out of business

[Stephanie]

To his credit, he told the Deathers at his town hall to turn off the television when Glenn Beck comes on, because he's "trading on fear." He was shouted down. But on Hardball tonight he said this, which sums up the Republican opposition to health care reform, IMO.

From Hardball:

MSNBC Video

"I sent out a press release last week saying there are sixteen reasons to oppose Obamacare, the top one being that the public option will put private insurance out of business, I fear, and the result will be that we end up with a single payer system. That's a problem with the Obama package."

Um, what's wrong with that?

[SoCalNative]

1. Actually nothing would make me happier

than putting private insurance and every last one of its criminals out of business.

[Barack_America]

2. Lol. That's the only reason I support it! nt

[HughMoran]

3. We should be so lucky

You know, if the bill doesn't pass, WE'RE going to put private insurance out of business in a way they will VERY MUCH regret.

They better hope a good strong bill passes.

[HughMoran]

4. We should be so lucky

You know, if the bill doesn't pass, WE'RE going to put private insurance out of business in a way they will VERY MUCH regret.

They better hope a good strong bill passes.

[PDJane]

5. Which is virtually admitting

That the private insurers can't compete with the public option and that they are criminally inclined to boot.

[gravity]

6. If the public option can do it better, then the private insurance has no right to exists

Let the free market settle everything out. If the Republicans are convinced that private insurance is significantly better than a public option then they should have nothing to worry about. People would continue to buy their private insurance like before.

[Octafish]

7. Sounds like the smartest thing the guy has said.

It also explains all the "Death Panel" blah blah: Contaminate the water, contaminate the mind.
They're afraid ANY kind of healthcare reform will open the gate to...real healthcare reform.

Thanks, Stephanie. There's nothing wrong with that.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Not a problem

We would all be better off without the for profit insurance companies.

[City Lights]

9. I wish!

Freakin' vultures!

[Laelth]

17. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[tekisui]

36. Me too!

[slipslidingaway]

10. Estimates are that the current proposals will have 10 million people in the public plan...

quite a bit different from the original "public plan" estimate.


"If there were ever two important articles to educate Democratic members of Congress on the catastrophic mistake they are about to commit for a third time since 1970 on health care reform, these are those two articles..."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...


"The people who brought us the “public option” began their campaign promising one thing but now promote something entirely different. To make matters worse, they have not told the public they have backpedalled. The campaign for the “public option” resembles the classic bait-and-switch scam: tell your customers you’ve got one thing for sale when in fact you’re selling something very different.

When the “public option” campaign began, its leaders promoted a huge “Medicare-like” program that would enroll about 130 million people. Such a program would dwarf even Medicare, which, with its 45 million enrollees, is the nation’s largest health insurer, public or private. But today “public option” advocates sing the praises of tiny “public options” contained in congressional legislation sponsored by leading Democrats that bear no resemblance to the original model.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the “public options” described in the Democrats’ legislation might enroll 10 million people and will have virtually no effect on health care costs, which means the “public options” cannot, by themselves, have any effect on the number of uninsured. But the leaders of the “public option” movement haven’t told the public they have abandoned their original vision. It’s high time they did."

[OHdem10]

11. This is exactly Ben Nelson(Democrat, NE) argument. Fears it will

put the Insurance Industry out of business.

[CreekDog]

12. And why would that be?

because the government progam would be better and cheaper?

sounds like capitalism at work to me!

[C_U_L8R]

13. And... what's you point there Representative

you DO remember it's the PEOPLE you are supposed to be representing there, right???

right ??????

[Milspec]

14. No, the single payer might

but the public option would not, what big insurance, cant compete?

[Stephanie]

23. Big Insurance = Chickens

They're afraid of losing their big fat bonus checks they earn by denying people coverage. You pay them, but they don't want to hold up their end of the deal.

[magellan]

15. So what?

Don't know why the Republicans should care, other than the obvious loss of graft to their own pockets. I'm sure they'll say it's about putting people out of work, but their mantra has long been one of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps. Are they now conveniently concerned about the employees who'll lose jobs??

[Blasphemer]

16. Which package is he referring to?

According to the Blue Dogs, they've made sure the bills proposed won't lead to single payer:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/07/top-blue-dog-b...

So what exactly is the GOP griping about?

[Stephanie]

20. He wants a bill with no public option

Because if there's a public option in there, it will so successful people will switch away from private insurance and the companies will go out of business, and soon we'll have single payer.

[Qutzupalotl]

18. After all the people they've bankrupted?

How many of us have they "put out of business" by denying coverage?

[Supersedeas]

32. Ingliss and Hagan have chosen sides here -- Corporate profits trump

[Kansas Wyatt]

19. So Greedy Death Merchants would have to find a REAL job...

Rather than picking over sick people like fucking vultures.

The people who support the Death Merchants deserve a slow painful death and to end up in a burning HELL for eternity, because they are no fucking better.

[Stephanie]

30. That's going to put a damper on their campaign contributions

[harun]

21. I sure hope that's what happens.

[Atticus]

22. That would eliminate the REAL death panels and

gazillions of dollars worth of contributions to the GOP.

[saltpoint]

24. If we could arrange for the private insurers to go out of business by say,

tomorrow at lunch time, that would be A-OK with me.

[havocmom]

25. So, since the USPS started up, UPS, FedEx and all other private carriers went belly up?

Thinkin, no they didn't. Thinkin the USPS was in operation and private business started up, flourished anyway.

Big Insurance is a big baby.

[ncteechur]

26. To any South Carolinians here: how many idiots are there in SC?

There are a shitload in NC.

[roamer65]

27. Its exactly why I want the public option

It will be the seed that grows into a single-payor Medicare system.

Insurance companies are nothing less than legalized extortion.

[Wednesdays]

28. And that would be...bad...?

[DailyGrind51]

29. And, that is a problem, why?

[Shagbark Hickory]

31. Why doesn't anyone ever say: "What's so bad about that? People yearn for cheaper insurance!" nt

[BurtWorm]

33. His mouth to the universe's ear.

[Bill McBlueState]

34. great! n/t

[Odin2005]

35. They are showing their true colors.