Posted on 09/30/2009 8:30:49 PM PDT by TheFreedomPoster
Advocates of the so-called "public option" have used the example of the "competition" between the United States Postal Service (USPS) and private entities like FedEx and UPS, and between public and private universities, to allay fears that Americans' existing private health coverage would be threatened by a new government-run insurance plan. However, three key questions surrounding both of these analogies persist, and illustrate why private health plans could never compete on a level playing field with a government-run insurance program...
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