How much do you think it would cost to send a letter if the USPS didnt exist? Would FedEx and UPS, out of the goodness of their heart, only charge us 42 cents?
Then why do you think the best way to provide medical coverage for uninsured people is to not have a public option, and to leave everything entirely up to private companies? Because they SURE havent been acting in OUR best interests as it is. Why leave things as they are when they're incredibly broken?
What is the Republican plan? Deregulate the insurance industry??? Really??? Oh,and we'll "magically" lower costs too. And do it all for $600billion instead of $900billion... oh wait, except no extra people will be covered AND they still have no way to pay for it AND it makes NO ACTUAL CHANGES to the broken healthcare system.
In other words, the Republicans want to give $600billion to the insurance companies to keep things the same, whereas Democrats want to give $900billion to the people to insure an extra 45million and try to help lower healthcare costs for EVERYONE.
Gee... $600 billion to keep things exactly the same, or $900 billion to FIX THINGS. Hmmm.... man, thats a tough one.