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<blockquote data-quote="TechGrrl" data-source="post: 581892" data-attributes="member: 4932"><p>My point is that many folks who feel that government is totally incapable of managing ANYTHING don't extend that feeling to the FBI, CIA, Department of Defense, NSA, and so on. Their feelings seem to be reserved for things like Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and other aspects of the social safety net ONLY. I was pointing out that this is a logical contradiction. </p><p></p><p>I was not running off in another direction. My comments are completely germane to the issue of whether 'government' is or can be effective. 'Government' is just a group of people we have empowered to perform certain services for us. How effective they are at performing those services is directly affected by the feedback and reward structure designed into the organization. Just like any other human endeavor.</p><p></p><p>A single-payer solution is not government managed solution. Medicare is single-payer. It does not own a single doctor, hospital, clinic, or pharmacy. It simply pays the claims. It's administrative costs are very small compared to most for-profit insurance companies. In fact, I would love to see a link to any for-profit insurance company that has a comparable overhead cost.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Been here under the same ID since 2006. Spending more time here because of the IT layoffs. This thread is just gravy...<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TechGrrl, post: 581892, member: 4932"] My point is that many folks who feel that government is totally incapable of managing ANYTHING don't extend that feeling to the FBI, CIA, Department of Defense, NSA, and so on. Their feelings seem to be reserved for things like Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and other aspects of the social safety net ONLY. I was pointing out that this is a logical contradiction. I was not running off in another direction. My comments are completely germane to the issue of whether 'government' is or can be effective. 'Government' is just a group of people we have empowered to perform certain services for us. How effective they are at performing those services is directly affected by the feedback and reward structure designed into the organization. Just like any other human endeavor. A single-payer solution is not government managed solution. Medicare is single-payer. It does not own a single doctor, hospital, clinic, or pharmacy. It simply pays the claims. It's administrative costs are very small compared to most for-profit insurance companies. In fact, I would love to see a link to any for-profit insurance company that has a comparable overhead cost. Been here under the same ID since 2006. Spending more time here because of the IT layoffs. This thread is just gravy...:happy-very: [/QUOTE]
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