tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post5871605804564577536..comments2024-03-07T02:17:34.434-08:00Comments on Tom In Paine: OPPONENTS OF THE PUBLIC OPTION THINK YOUR GARBAGE DESERVES BETTER TREATMENT THAN YOU.Marc Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10746456438052849715noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-5073297513723861572009-08-04T11:41:22.164-07:002009-08-04T11:41:22.164-07:00"...when healthcare reform with a public opti..."...when healthcare reform with a public option passes you'll be able to take your current insurance policy, the one that doesn't cover you for the things you might need the most, the one that drops you if you get a catastrophic illness, and put it exactly where it belongs -- in the garbage..."<br /><br />Nope. Under Obama's plan, if you have employer-paid health insurance you are NOT ALLOWED to take the public option, no matter how crappy your insurance is. It's really *no* option. <br /><br />Obama is afraid to do anything to piss off his corporate backers, and this is the result.DancingOpossumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-65299188182531524022009-08-04T11:34:50.004-07:002009-08-04T11:34:50.004-07:00The problem with the public option in this plan is...The problem with the public option in this plan is that it's so bad it would actually be worse than nothing.<br /><br />That's the reason I oppose it, and vehemently. It's a really crappy plan and the "public option" is a smokescreen.<br /><br />Your essay is dead-on if you replace "public option" with "single payer" or, if you prefer, "Medicare for all." But ObamaCare is still just a big, bow-tied, beautiful gift to the insurance companies and does nothing for the majority of people. <br /><br />If you want single payer, ask for single payer, period, not this Republican-lite, Insurance Industry-approved, watered-down piece of garbage legislation.<br /><br />And I don't know where Liana lives (maybe some gated community where they don't allow the riffraff in even to take out their trash) but the majority of people -- the vast majority -- have curbside trash pickup that's paid for by state/local tax dollars. I live in a working-poor neighborhood and we not only have tax-paid garbage pickup, we have tax-paid curbside recycling too! (We do, regrettably, have to pay for snow removal in the winter.)DancingOpossumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-59317980695854922252009-08-03T08:16:28.054-07:002009-08-03T08:16:28.054-07:00"So in your town you pay for your own private..."So in your town you pay for your own private garbage pick up? "<br /><br />Yes. There are firms with routes, but you can hire any one you like. You can also haul your own. We had a handyman who did ours for years. Now we contract with a garbage company. It's about $24/mo for twice a week.Lianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235950571276425579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-16788685388057537012009-08-03T04:48:56.734-07:002009-08-03T04:48:56.734-07:00"There's no tax-funded garbage pickup mos..."There's no tax-funded garbage pickup most places I know of, and certainly not where I live."<br /><br />So in your town you pay for your own private garbage pick up? This is a new one on me for residential areas. Not the case anywhere I know.Marc Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746456438052849715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-66108040855005031322009-08-02T20:55:12.379-07:002009-08-02T20:55:12.379-07:00I'm all for the public option, but your analog...I'm all for the public option, but your analogy leaves a lot to be desired. There's no tax-funded garbage pickup most places I know of, and certainly not where I live.Lianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235950571276425579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-3621294860278311492009-08-02T06:12:54.598-07:002009-08-02T06:12:54.598-07:00It certainly works in most developed countries, wh...It certainly works in most developed countries, why shouldn't it work in America?? <br />The trouble with most politicians is that they are doing their job to get reelected, instead of doing the job they were elected to do.Mirlonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-85628442795696580112009-07-31T18:28:21.447-07:002009-07-31T18:28:21.447-07:00"If something as simple as the new Cash for C..."If something as simple as the new Cash for Clunkers program is any indication of how well the health care program will be administered, I see total chaos."<br /><br />How about Medicare? does that work for you? it does for 92% of the people who are on it.Marc Rubinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746456438052849715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-14725658234772841372009-07-31T18:24:39.872-07:002009-07-31T18:24:39.872-07:00Medicare for all would not be a new program, simpl...Medicare for all would not be a new program, simply the expansion of one that works well for many citizens alreadyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08040592704662954359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3820377390281203107.post-17321683558471265932009-07-31T15:50:27.629-07:002009-07-31T15:50:27.629-07:00I do not support this legislation.If something as ...I do not support this legislation.If something as simple as the new Cash for Clunkers program is any indication of how well the health care program will be administered, I see total chaos.Krisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499089262349223487noreply@blogger.com