Posted on 08/19/2009 3:06:27 PM PDT by Syncro
LIBERAL LIES ABOUT NATIONAL HEALTH CARE: FIRST IN A SERIES
August 19, 2009
(1) National health care will punish the insurance companies.
You want to punish insurance companies? Make them compete.
As Adam Smith observed, whenever two businessmen meet, "the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices." That's why we need a third, fourth and 45th competing insurance company that will undercut them by offering better service at a lower price.
Tiny little France and Germany have more competition among health insurers than the U.S. does right now. Amazingly, both of these socialist countries have less state regulation of health insurance than we do, and you can buy health insurance across regional lines -- unlike in the U.S., where a federal law allows states to ban interstate commerce in health insurance.
U.S. health insurance companies are often imperious, unresponsive consumer hellholes because they're a partial monopoly, protected from competition by government regulation. In some states, one big insurer will control 80 percent of the market. (Guess which party these big insurance companies favor? Big companies love big government.)
Liberals think they can improve the problem of a partial monopoly by turning it into a total monopoly. That's what single-payer health care is: "Single payer" means "single provider."
It's the famous liberal two-step: First screw something up, then claim that it's screwed up because there's not enough government oversight (it's the free market run wild!), and then step in and really screw it up in the name of "reform."
You could fix 90 percent of the problems with health insurance by ending the federal law allowing states to ban health insurance sales across state lines. But when John McCain called for ending the ban during the 2008 presidential campaign, he was attacked by Joe Biden -- another illustration of the ironclad Ann Coulter rule that the worst Republicans are still better than allegedly "conservative" Democrats.
(2) National health care will "increase competition and keep insurance companies honest" -- as President Barack Obama has said.
Government-provided health care isn't a competitor; it's a monopoly product paid for by the taxpayer. Consumers may be able to "choose" whether they take the service -- at least at first -- but every single one of us will be forced to buy it, under penalty of prison for tax evasion. It's like a new cable plan with a "yes" box, but no "no" box.
Obama himself compared national health care to the post office -- immediately conjuring images of a highly efficient and consumer-friendly work force -- which, like so many consumer-friendly shops, is closed by 2 p.m. on Saturdays, all Sundays and every conceivable holiday.
Read more at AnnCoulter.Com
You want to protect consumers? Do it the same way we protect consumers of dry cleaning, hamburgers and electricians: Give them the power to tell their insurance companies, "I'm taking my business elsewhere."Read the rest at AnnCoulter.Com
The people already have this power if they will only use it. Go to the Constitution and try and find where the government has the right to tell you what to do about your health insurance and health care. GO TO THE CONSTITUTION AND FORCE IT ON CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT.
You could fix 90 percent of the problems with health insurance by ending the federal law allowing states to ban health insurance sales across state lines.This was the discussion on Sunday's Meet The Idiot (used to be Press) and when Dick Armey brought this up the lesbo Maddow tried to discount it but was unarmed in a battle of the wits with Armey.
It's a ploy to not let anyone buy insurance from any state.
What if you could only buy cars or anything else only in your own state? Absurd.
Ann speaking about those who want Pres Obama to provide his long form birth certificate:
“........to be bringing this out as if it’s an issue, you know, it’s just a few cranks out there,” said Coulter. “It’s like when networks bring on the three remaining Klanners in America, on TV.”
I don’t respect her opinion anymore.
Ann will have to do better then warmed over, obvious arguments before she regains credibility.
Well that’s just fine.
Misunderstanding her intention with the KKK comment and posting it like she was comparing the klanners to the birthers is disingenous.
But that is what happens when CES pops up.
Yup, throw in tort reform, such as loser pays & problems pretty much go away.
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This point cannot be repeated often enough. It IS the issue.
The biggest help in reform would be to stop the lawyers.
Oh, absolutely
— another illustration of the ironclad Ann Coulter rule that the worst Republicans are still better than allegedly “conservative” Democrats.
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MY ANNIE IS BACK!!!
I will take a bit of issue that 90% could be solved by allowing cross-state insurance... I believe that at least half of that could be done instead by
TORT REFORM FIRST !!!
Nevertheless, she sure has more to say that is of use than Pelosi and Dear Leader!
Germany is a “socialist” country? That would be news to Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Party!
Germany is a “socialist” country?
It’s run by Chancellor Angela Merkel of the conservative “Christian Democratic Union”!
Let me guess. Every Wednesday until the Sun goes super-nova you’re going to remind us all you that don’t respect Ann Coulter’s opinion.
Why do you think we care?
Go back to DU. Rush never felt the need to put us down. She didn't need to call us names.
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