Originally Posted by wowitsdark

I'm listening to Obama and scratching my head.

He says that the government should offer a health care plan that competes with private sector plans.

He says opponents say the government will control your care but that's not true.

And yet... how can they not? If you have private insurance there are things dictated by your insurance company or you're on your own to pay for non-covered treatments. If the gvt was in charge of the plan you had then by default... they do have control over what tests they will cover, etc.

He also says if you have private insurance you are free to keep your plan.

So what on earth will prevent employers from dumping insurance policies because there is public insurance available? Why would any employer ever begin offering insurance if anyone who came onboard could just get gvt insurance?