JPF Home Page Forums Alan Grayson on Republican Health Care

I couldn't get the link to work so I'm not sure which clip this is. If it's the one where he's calling Republicans Knuckle-dragging Neanderthals, then yes, he's being part of the problem and not part of the solution.

If it's the one where he says that the Republican health care plan is Don't get sick and, if you do, die quickly, then, I think he's being pretty accurate. Conservatives seem to think the status quo is fine - and that statement describes the status quo to me.

I'd like to hear the thoughts of those that are so against a single payer public option, because it seems like the way to go to me. Not that this is going to happen...

You can argue that the government can't do anything right but it won't work with me.

For instance, people pick on the post office all the time. In the 40 years that I have been receiving and sending mail though I have never had a piece go missing. And I can count the times they have been delayed on one hand. The fact that I can send a letter to California for half a buck and it will arrive in three days boggles my mind. On the other hand, one of these "private" companies won't even leave a package at my door. I have to drive 10 miles to get it from one of their outlets.

I've seen other instances where services normally done by the government have been privatized. For me, these have always resulted in worse service with little or no savings.

Your experience might be different. I'm just saying why a blanket statement that the government can't do anything right won't work with me.

So, getting back to health insurance. What, exactly, are your objections to a government run single-payer system? I'm not trying to start an argument here - it just seems so sensible to me that I wonder what I'm missing. Do you think that a company run by a guy making $20 million per year is going to make better decisions about whether to pay for something related to your health than someone who works for the government? Is it that you don't want the government having your private information (as opposed to a company)? Or is it that you are concerned that a government plan will try to cover too many people? Or something else?

I'm honestly curious.

Scott