Lord N said:
TheRealMafoo said:
What program that used to be run local, that the federal government has taken over, is now run better, or cheeper?
Healthcare (medicare/medicaid), Education (cost vs how much goes to teaching), social security, anything...
I can not see how the federal government running anything, will make it better. There are things they should run for other reasons (like the military), but they don't do it cheeper, or better. A private firm would create a much better military for far cheeper, but I don't want a private firm with an army, so glad it's not done that way.
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Contrary to popular belief, one of the problems with America is not that there's too much government, but that there's not enough government.
The deregulation of banks and other savings & loan institutions is the major cause of the current financial crisis. Most of the mortgage fraud was actually perpetrated not by the borrowers, but by the lenders via predatory lending, but what do you expect with no government oversight?
Why do you think that 1/6 of the US population has no healthcare? Why do you think that 18,000 americans die every year due to lack of healthcare? Why do you think that we have infants dying due to being refused access to emergency rooms because they didn't go to an in-network hospital? Why do you think people who really need healthcare, such as people with diabetes, asthma, mental illneses, cancer, etc, are denied coverage?
All corporations and other private firms care about is profits, which means that health insurance companies are not there to provide people with the healthcare that they need. Instead they have a vested interest in denying claims and making sure that their customers don't get the care that they need.
This is what happens when we put corporations in charge of jobs that the government should be doing.
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Wow, so wrong...
The short story. Government strong armed banks to loan money to people who could not otherwise get a loan, because those so-called "predatory lenders" would not give them a loan otherwise. If the Government had stayed out of it, people who should not get a loan would not have gotten a loan.
Everyone in the US has healthcare. Some just don't have health insurance. There not the same thing. There are free clinics all over the place. More then half of the 1/6 that don't have insurance, don't due to choice. Soon everyone will have healthcare provided by the government, but thanks to the government, the care that we all will get will suck compared to today.
The good news, is all corporations and other private firms care about is profits. You know how they get profit? They get your money. The way they get your money, is providing a better product or survice then the other guy who wants your money. The only time that breaks down (like living in a state where there are only two insurance companies), is when the government gets involved.
Currently, the profit margen on the health insurance industry is 7%. That means fr every $100 you give them, $93 goes to a doctor, hospital, drug company, or whomever. Do you really think that for every $100 you give the government for healthcare, $93 of it will make it into the medical community? If you think so, you're smoking crack.