You claim that a large part of the funding for your bill can come from Medicare and Medicaid savings. If these savings are possible, why haven’t you introduced a bill to recover those savings before now?
Why should I have confidence that you can run such a large government program when you have allowed abuse in Medicare and Medicaid? What steps have you taken to curb that abuse?
Based on the abysmal track record of Medicare and Medicaid, why should I trust you with something as important as my healthcare?
You promised that your stimulus bill would keep unemployment to 8%. You were wrong. You thought one billion would fund “cash for clunkers” for several months. You were wrong. Implementing your healthcare reform will make irreversible changes to our healthcare system. Why should I have confidence that you are not wrong again?
Since your “government option” is designed to compete with private healthcare plans, what assurance do I have that the competition will have a level playing field? What recourse will private companies have if you put regulations in place that bankrupt them?
Private insurance is required have reserves on hand. Will your “government option” have those same requirements? If so, what assurance do I have that congress will not “borrow” those funds like they did to the Social Security program?
How can a government program compete with private industry when government writes the rules of the competition? (regulates it)
When a private insurer fails, the business ceases to exist. If your government program does not have adequate funding, will it cease to exist or will taxpayers be forced to pay for your failure?
We have heard promises of “lockboxes” before. Will general funds be used to fund this program or will the program stand on its own?
Single payer healthcare systems produce zero medical advancements. Who will provide these advancements when our medical system removes the profit motive that drives them?
Democrats hold a majority in both houses as well as the white house. Yet you cannot get agreement on this bill even among democrats. What assurance do I have that provisions removed to get blue dog democrat votes will not be enacted after this bill is passed? (camel’s nose in the tent)
Will your healthcare plan be “on budget” or will you remove them from the budget to hide their cost? (like you did for Social Security)
VA - Fail
Indian Health Service - Fail
Federal Prison Health Service - Fail
Medicare - impending bankruptcy - Fail
Medicaid - States with Federal Funds - Fail
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein
Excellent.