| "Private health insurers haven't been able to run anything efficiently as long as I've been alive. My premiums go up by double digit percentages every year because "costs" keep increasing, but at the same time, insurers' profits go up by double digit percentages every year. It seems like this is simply a money transfer to health care executives." If they could compete across state lines, this would be different. You also seem to leave out the government regulations in place, which many times hurts the consumer rather than helps (see: Obama care). "The more private companies run our lives (especially something like healthcare), the more they will be able to dictate our choices (what we eat, risky behavior etc). Oh wait... corporations already do dictate what we eat, what sort of medicine we use, where we work, how we communicate, how we move around, what we wear...The only difference between corporate control and government control is that we actually have some say in how the government controls us because at the end of the day we control the government." So you are saying because all of the people here on HN and in the US that want MJ legalized, it's magically legalized? That's not how the government works. What about the TSA and all of the control they have over us? We have a say..right?..right?? "The only difference between corporate control and government control is that we actually have some say in how the government controls us because at the end of the day we control the government." The government can send you to prison for not doing what your are told. A corporation can do no such thing. If you don't agree with what a corporation is doing..you can just stop giving them money. Is there an opt-out with taxes? or following the law? "And the downsides to private health care: all of the above" With private health care, you have no choice. Yes, there may be private care, but it's so expensive..only the truly wealth can afford it (see: the UK). I still want a choice. |