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Old 03-30-2012, 01:02 PM
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...as opposed to the drones in the insurance companies that look for any excuse to deny benefits? Like kicking you off your plan when you come down with Leukemia. Like paying for polls showing 90% of people happy with their plans - ignoring all the people who can't get insurance, can't afford it or were kicked off when they got sick.

Remember, the postal service is private and has rules nobody else has to operate under. Amtrak is chronically underfunded as well.

If my congressman was suddenly going to be the one at my doctor's office checking me in, well, you'd have an argument. But I still depend on the doctors and nurses that we see. Whether the check paying the bulk of the bill comes from an insurance company or the government (Medicare) doesn't seem to affect their competence.
Your congressman won't be at the doctor's office checking you in, but he/she WILL be running for re-election every two years, and he WILL be appointing or campaigning with the local bureaucrats in charge of the local/regional bureau that doles out the budget money to your doctor in a Canadian-style system. Politicians constantly running for office/re-election overseeing regional health budgeting bureaus is a nightmare.