White House appears ready to drop 'public option'

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Originally Posted by spence

I don't think that's the argument.

It's that a public option will force the private insurance companies to compete, when now, they really have no competition.the "public option would undercut the private companies and drive them out of the market this has been stated as the intent by Obamiods and Obama himself, that's the goal, stop pretending and reciting Obama's phony talking points, he's even given up on that one......

Hell, even the GOP couldn't negotiate a bill for Medicare coverage of prescription drugs with free market principals.
you purchase private plans that you chose which are outside of medicare, there are free market principles at work, the perscription plan is not administered completely by Medicare...

Medicare Part D is successfully providing comprehensive and affordable drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries. Although the program got off to a rocky start, it has and continues to improve each and every day.
The program is supported by high levels of satisfaction among participants and its competitive model has resulted in extensive coverage options, broad choices of plans and lower costs to beneficiaries and taxpayers.
Looking at several indicators of success, we believe that Part D is working very well. Enrollment has exceed expectations; competition among private-sector drug plans has resulted in a broad choice of benefits, strong access to needed medicines and significant cost savings for patients; and, the program is currently estimated to cost taxpayers less than originally estimated
that's weird, you'd think there'd be no competition between the companies without a public plan competing



Your sound bite sure sounds good, but it's pretty meaningless...nasty

-spence