Do you see that government health insurance will be far cheaper than anything private companies can offer?

I agree with you Steven. The govt. cannot provide anything to us efficiently, effectively, or honestly. All current federal programs (medicare, medicaid, social security, cash for clunkers, etc.) are horribly over budget, filled with corruption, limit payments to providers under actual costs, and replace liberty with federal control.

The only thing we need from the federal govt. is elimination of their control and let the free market work. Oh, and the federal govt. should be protecting the country and removing the illegal aliens who are costing us all billions.

Can you tell me ANYTHING that government does BETTER than the private sector?

The answer is: NOOOOOOOOOO

They will cluster **** this just like everything else. Oh yeah, then they will RAISE our taxes.

You saw it here first.

I think the public option should be just that. Those of you who want your health in the hands of the govt, go right ahead. But YOU pay the increased taxes. Those of us who are happy with paying extra for excellent healthcare, can stay out of it and not pay any taxes to support the public option. That would be a true public option.

Cheaper, yes, but of much lower quality. It's not worth it, when it comes to human lives.
"will they tell us when to live
will they tell us when to die." in the words of Cat Stevens.

Of course it would be cheaper, if they pursued a program that did it right. The problem is that the government pulls money away from programs that are supposed to be coffers for their intended purpose.

You can't take money allotted for Medicare and Medicaid and use it for tax refunds, nor could you from Social Security.

Every great first world country has "socialized" healthcare that works, better than ours. The government doesn't make their "health decisions". These people on here watch too many pundits to know what the real world is like.

I've lived in Germany for four years. My best friends had their son there. My brother was treated at a German doctor when he visited one year. It's a great system.

The Swiss had a system like ours and converted a few years ago, and it was a conservation in power who instituted the change. He said he wasn't sure about it at the time, and now he says that he can't fathom going back.

Its simple. You take money and put it directly into the healthcare system, OR you give money to an insurance company that skims off the top and makes healthcare decisions for you.

It will also cause problems because there will be waiting lines to go to the doctors and get things done. You would have to qualify for certain procedures to be put at the front of the wait for example young people have more of a chance to live therefore senior citizens who are ill would get surgery last and by that time probably not survive. There are flaws in universal health care that I don't think alot of people consider.

Your question doesn't make sense. It's like asking if a bicycle is cheaper transportation than a car. You left quality out.

Old man take a look at me, I'm alot like you are...

yea you get what you pay for i hope we can get a decent doctor after this without having to go to the next state or having uncle sam ban unhealthy activities like smoking drinking fat foods,i pearsonally dont want to be another canada

We are all caught up in the same old circular arguments. That is part of the problem. The primary problem is the inclusion within these bills of "mandatory" compliances. Mandatory insurance, or a fine. Mandatory inoculations or internment. We have no idea anymore about rights of freedom and what's constitutional. government gets involved, everything will go up, look at mandatory car insurance. Look at the housing bubble. Its not about availability or quality of health care, its about profits. Insurances, Pharmaceuticals, and Doctors/hospitals keep using a circular excuse for costs and services on us always passing the buck and we keep chasing our tails over this issue. You can't solve a problem with the same entities that created the problem, period. There is so much evidence on this problem, hospital over charges, denials of coverage, ever increasing costs and risks of medication, it all there. We need to CHANGE the whole proposition. Whose going to take that lead?

If government health care is so great, how come Canadians cross the boarder into Belingham Wash. every damn day to pay for American private medicine?

Of course it will. But only if all americans have affordable preventive medicine health insurance. Then the cost of medicine will go down. The health care system in my opinion should be regulated. They get away with far too much dishonesty.

yes, i do think it would be cheaper. as good as or better? maybe not. something worthwhile to bring about and to steadily improve? absolutely! insurance is after all legalized theft. public insurance gets around the theft part of it. hopefully, that is. it certainly is a good first step. it should be started and then improved over time.

We need an ecclectic system with options If you ask me govt helt care should be focused on the poor and those becoming poor from a major illness like say a bout with cancer etc. to keep them from loosing what they have.

The way that insurance companies rates are going up each year, no one will be able to afford private insurance for much longer, and as I see it, tax payers already have to pay for those without insurance because they can't pay for their bills now and most are written off. Might as well know what we as Americans pay for and no one will be left behind without some type of insurance.

Government won't work, right steven?
Tell that to the tens of millions of Medicare recipients busy getting $.99 of each dollar paid in premiums returned in benefits, v. circa (they won't admit how low) $.61 per dollar of for profit insurance company.
Plus the acres of paperwork slowing down medicine to keep the insurers from denying the claim.