Big business may be corrupt, but it's mitigated by market factors. I'll take big business over big government any day.
Big government is mitigated by election factors.
I on the other hand don't have that kind of trust in capitalism, as they say, money sticks to money, and big companies aren't always big because they provide good service. Yeah, I'm all for liberal market, but health should not be considered a commodity to be bought and sold, so it should not be a matter of liberal market.
A government's job is to maintain law and order, provide for national defense, and maintain infrastructure.
It seems like kind of arbitrary choice of duties. I mean you could as well say "A government's job is to maintain law and order and maintain infrastructure" and then advocate the private army, but there's no arguements for any of that other than maintaining a status quo. If healthcare actually is a government issue in other countries (and with good results), why shouldn't be in USA?
If your insurance provider isn't doing that, then yes criminal, not civil charges should be pressed. It only takes one or two high profile cases to destroy a company's reputation, bottom out its stock and cause it to fold if their corruption is revealed to the public. By enforcing law, you keep the rest honest. That's the very nature of law in its self.
But wait, if the company goes down because of a few high-profile cases, doesn't that mean that everyone who was insured with the company loses their insurance?
And then, winning a court case against a company doesn't exactly help a man whose health was damaged. "You may be crippled for life, but if it's any consolation, health care works a bit better now thanks to you."
And then, you're depicting a scenario that doesn't happen very often in reality. Big companies are regularly getting away with cheating and corruption.
Government controlled healthcare really would bring government bureaucracy into every single claim, vastly delaying treatment for everyone.
No, it wouldn't. You would simply go to a hospital and get a treatment. I don't know how you imagine health care functions in other countries, but it's not exactly how you describe it. Ask around, maybe you'll change your mind.
Now I'm very well aware the absolute gang beating I'm inviting by coming out as an economic conservative here...or really anywhere on the internet, and yes you can sit there and make jokes at my expense, insult me, and pat yourself on the back for denouncing me as backward and ignorant if you like...
That's a preemptive strike against everyone who disagrees with you to portray them as flamers. Remember folks: mutual respect!!!
