No one who is putting off health care until they can get Medicare is against a public option. They know that their private insurance won't pay for the services they need, and they sure can't afford to pay for it themselves.
Here's the conundrum. How can people know something works and still condemn it? I know people who'd fight to keep their Medicare and/or VA coverage but won't support making it available to everyone. If you fit that description, examine your conscience because you should be ashamed for not doing right by your neighbors.
The business of private health insurers is to prevent people from collecting on claims while administrators make huge salaries ($2 mil for AFLAC's Missouri sales manager). The business of public health insurers is to operate with less than 18% overhead while paying doctors for their services. Why would you choose the former if you could have the latter? It's time we looked beyond the sound-bites and put some of our tax dollars to work getting the health care we need.
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