Comments for No Cost Savings In Democrats' Health Care Plans at http://www.orrinpac.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.orrinpac.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:29:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.orrinpac.com/blog/no-cost-savings-in-democrats-health-care-plans#comment-4 "..do you see a successful effort being mounted to bend the long-term cost curve?" How are the Dems getting away with all this focus on insurance companies and not on health care? When gasoline rose to $4 / gallon, did anyone call their credit union, or bank, or Visa, etc, and complain about the price of gasoline, because their checking account or credit card bill was what they could see, paying for the gasoline? None did, that I know of. That would be crazy. What is a health insurance company but a bank, where we put in money (premiums) and they use that money to pay for health care? Most of the money goes to actual health care providers, from doctors to big pharma to MRI machine manufacturers, etc. Obama talks about health insurance companies because he needs dragons to fight, he needs something to talk about, an excuse to write a 1000 page (is it up to 2,000 by now?) big-government bill. Then he can write whatever he wants to, in that bill, and the people will not know what is in there until it is too late. IMHO, we should be paying more attention to the details, writing short messages that cover one point, with references to the page in the House or Senate bill where that is covered. Obama is always saying that we can keep our present insurance, but there was an editorial in Investors Business Daily that talked about how the plan was designed to kill private health insurance even if this bill does not have any provision for a replacement. Even if the Dems pass some kind of a health care bill, we may be able to get rid of some of the worst provisions if we win back control of Congress. - Dick Hatzenbuhler Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:02:08 +0100