Thanks. I normally don't react in such a manner, but the snarky comment ("I am sure that is not the first time they were "victims"') put me over that edge and I stand by what I said to that idiot.
Emma, there are solutions in the private sector and I would think that you would be concerned about a national take over of our health care system, especially being that you are a health care provider.
I really would not think that you, as a professional, would want to be placed under government control. I realize that the insurance industry needs to be reformed so that more people can be covered, but that public option would overwhelm health care providers to a point that rationing would have to go into place and of course, reduce the quality of care we now enjoy. It's unreasonable to think that we can insure an additional 40million people and retain quality with the same number of physicians and health care providers we have today. It's just not possible.
There are other solutions and this all can be handled in a step by step fashion with a reasonable outcome for all. We need to take small steps with this because if we allow the federal government full control of our health care options, we will end up with a health care system that has the compassion of the IRS, the efficiency of the Postal Service and will look like the aftermath of Katrina.
" A government big enough to give you everything you need is big enough to take everything you have." Thomas Jefferson