23rd November 2019, 9:36 AM
And as regards "medicare for those who want it" (the public option I was very for when Obama was pushing for it), here's the flaw, and why private health insurance basically needs to die out as an institution for government healthcare to work.
Is the transition going to be painful, and fought back against tooth and nail by insurance companies? Sure- but it should never have reached this point to begin with. They never should have come into existence. They don't deserve to exist. They deserve oblivion, not cooperation.
The employees working around the nation for these companies? They deserve to exist. Government run healthcare is going to need a lot of positions filled nationwide, and I believe this is a perfect way to transition those individuals into such jobs, bringing their experience and public records with them. The CEOs running the companies? They'll be fine, they're rich. They don't need jobs.
Is the transition going to be painful, and fought back against tooth and nail by insurance companies? Sure- but it should never have reached this point to begin with. They never should have come into existence. They don't deserve to exist. They deserve oblivion, not cooperation.
The employees working around the nation for these companies? They deserve to exist. Government run healthcare is going to need a lot of positions filled nationwide, and I believe this is a perfect way to transition those individuals into such jobs, bringing their experience and public records with them. The CEOs running the companies? They'll be fine, they're rich. They don't need jobs.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)