If private parcel companies can compete with the Government why not private insurance providers?

I hear conservative boo hooing 24 hours a day about how a government run public healthcare plan will make it too hard for private industry to compete, yet i see loads of parcel companies (like UPS, DHL, FedEx, etc.) holding their holding their own against the United States Postal Service!



so whats the big deal? is it possible that republicans are afriad a country for the people by ethe people will choose the better deal given by the governement in a free market? or that their lobbying buddies won't be able to pay them kickbacks anymore...lol?If private parcel companies can compete with the Government why not private insurance providers?
Good point. The USPS getting competition from private firms like Fed-X and UPS has worked. Assuming the reverse is true, US Gov't backed insurance could add competitive pressure that keeps private health insurers from a virtual monopoly. Gov't insurance might require a tax increase, but you employer won't have carry huge expensive health insurance plans that make it impossible to hire people.
It is a cop out.



Do you really think they will use facts? When they can parrot the AM radio talkers.



Does it matter they are fighting something that is in their own best interest?



When was the last time in memory the GOP base fought for something that was in their own best interest?If private parcel companies can compete with the Government why not private insurance providers?
Anything that might cut into the profit margins of the HMOs is against freedom and anti-American.
The USPS is a private company. You fail epically.If private parcel companies can compete with the Government why not private insurance providers?
Umm... I don't know how to tell you this but the United States Postal Service is not free or Government run !!!I think the reason the Private Sector is once again beating the government is because they are better run, more efficient, and they have competing prices. UPS,DHL,FedEx,etc. are holding their own against the government because of competitive pricing and service.





Now let鈥檚 review Universal Healthcare. Competitive based healthcare is sold at a price competing against other firms. Now if the government comes in and offers healthcare for free the private firms are going to loose a ton of business. And in this economy loosing a ton of business will mean disaster for the private sector. Do you honestly think corporations/businesses will continue to offer health care coverage at unbelievable expense to their bottom line when Big Daddy Government is offering coverage to everyone? Of Course Not!! Bottom line is the Private Sector will get slammed if universal healthcare is initiated. It's that simple.
The government runs all their banks too - the Federal Reserve Banks sets interest rates.



I guess once they're effectively conditioned, they become harmless and ineffectual as cons.
An interesting and little-known aspect of mail law is that the USPS has a legal monopoly on mail delivery, and occasionally grumbles about trying to enforce that monopoly against competitors. They have also grumbled about electronic mail, saying that, technically, each e-mail should have a stamp affixed.
I have to agree that there are members of the Congress that are whores for the insurance companies. With that said...



There is this myth that large corporations are more efficient than the government. There are different factors that drive corporations over what drives the government. There are both corporations and government agencies are well managed and poorly managed.



General Motors was a large corporation that had to be rescued by the government.



AIG, another large corporation that had to be rescued by the government.



Then there is Citicorp (Citibank) and Bank of America. Now to be fair, Bank of America was in good shape until it took on toxic assets from a Wall Street investment banks.



All of those corporations were hard core Republican financial supporters until a year ago and as they circled the drain they all cried for help from Uncle Sam after all Bush was their guy right?



Any government driven to make a profit is totally corrupt and managing a failed state. The government collect taxes to pay for services it provides. Tax and spend is exactly the function of government. Actually tax, spend, and provide the services the money was spent on.



Health Care should never be subject to the "Market" because in the market the only thing that matters is profit. The more you make, the stronger the company, and the less you make, the weaker the company. If a profit driven corporation has to chose between profit and saving lives it will chose profit every time. Most hospitals are NON-profit corporations, and so should the HMOs. The function of HMOs is to finance health care, and they have denied health care to their clients because it was not profitable. People died because there was no money in saving them. That doesn't make the US great it puts us on a slippery slope to becoming a third world country.



Private companies can compete against a public health care system as the private parcel companies compete against the Postal Service. By the way, the Postal Service is losing money, not because of mismanagement but because of faxes, PDF files and email the demand to move hard mail is way down. The private parcel companies aren't doing all that well either.



I think the compromise is non-profit health care companies.
@ Tubby: The USPS is a government agency. YOU epic fail.
Well next time you need to go to the hospital call fed ex not an ambulance.
If I want to send a package, I will find out within a matter of days whether the service I choose is adequate. How long are the lines. How much does it cost. How quickly does the package arrive.



So the government's business is priced at around the same rate as everyone else. But they lost nearly $2 billion last year http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topsto鈥?/a> costing the tax payers a lot But the private businesses do just as good of a job, yet with money left over. So why can't the post office?



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One big difference is the fact that government insurance will be handed out to many. And the number of people who qualify for good insurance will increase with time. The sliding scale will slide to include more %26amp; more people. How can a private insurance company compete with FREE! So those who buy their own insurance will be the richer peopoe who will also be paying for the other peopel's insurance with their taxes.