Nov
20
If you have a minute and a half, you really should listen to an audio clip of a Bill Press interview of Rep. John Conyers (very D, Mich.) posted on Breitbart. First Mr. Conyers says he’s “gettin’ tired of saving Obama’s can,” which is a quote for the ages. But he goes on to say something so self-evidently absurd that only a Lefty could give assent to it:
The public option’s only available, which is the only way you’ll manage costs and give some competition to 1,300 other health insurance companies, the only, the only way he could’ve got that through was that Progressives held their nose and voted for the plan anyway.
Forget the part about Progressives; I included that only to be fair and to give you the entire sentence he uttered, nonsensical as it is. Instead, notice what he says about the “public option” and private health insurance companies: “The public option[] … is the only way you’ll … give some competition to 1,300 other health insurance companies … .” Really? With 1,300 health insurance companies operating in America, there won’t be any real competition until Uncle Sam enters the field? I would have thought that so many, well, competitors would have been clear proof of thriving competition in health insurance. Or maybe Mr. Conyers is suggesting that all 1,300 private health insurers in the U.S. are in cahoots; if so, I’d love to see some evidence to support his claim, because it would make for one heck of an anti-trust claim, and would easily be the largest oligopoly ever assembled. It would be a supreme feat of human social engineering unmatched in the business world. And if that’s the case, it would almost be a shame to wreck such an amazing colossus. But the better explanation is that Mr. Conyers and his ilk are full of bunk. If there’s insufficient competition in the health insurance industry, it clearly isn’t due to lack of competitors. But it might have to do with restrictions on the competitors, like preventing them from competing across state lines. If Mr. Conyers is all for competition, he must be in favor of doing away with competitive barriers like that, right? So, where in the House bill will I find such a provision, Mr. Conyers?
Duncan Crosby
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Good job, Duncan