If You Want to Play Doctor, Don’t Hire an Insurance Company as Your Receptionist
All the President's Middlemen: The Public-Private Profiteers
If You Want to Play Doctor, Don’t Hire an Insurance Company as Your Receptionist
by Barbara Garson
Health care isn't the first boon that President Obama tried to give us through a public-private partnership. When he took office, more than 25% of U.S. home mortgages were underwater -- meaning that people owed more on their houses than they could get if they tried to sell them. The president offered those homeowners debt relief through banks. Now he's offering health care through insurance companies.
In both cases, the administration shied away from direct government aid. Instead, it subsidized private companies to serve the people. To get your government-subsidized mortgage modification, you applied at your bank; to get your government-mandated health coverage, you buy private insurance.
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Government giving money to profiteers.