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Originally Posted by chelsea24
Sorry, but you're dead wrong! They want to create competition. Competition raises service and lowers prices. I remember when AT&T thought they were the only game in town. Prices kept skyrocketing. My internet phone now costs me just $30 a month. That's a good thing as I have so many right-wing friends to call and "brainwash!" Hahaha! (That's a joke! First I'd have to locate their brains! OK, another joke!  ) |
Chelsea, I invite you to go to The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program website.
http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/eligibility/index.asp There you will see that there are numerous plans with highly competitive rates. There is competition and you are right, this does reduce cost to the consumer. The other advantage to this proposal is that we could start to do it at the beginning of 2010, rather than waiting until 2013 as either the House or Senate bills require since we would not have to build new Federal bureaus to administer the entire thing - another saving.