Roy Blunt: Medicare, Medicaid ‘distorts the marketplace’

[usregimechange]

Interviewed on 93.9 FM in Columbia, Roy Blunt, R-Springfield, said that one could argue that government shouldn’t be involved in health care at all.

“The government did get into the health care business in a big way in 1965 with Medicare and later with Medicaid. And government already distorts the marketplace. A government competitor would drive all of the other competitors away. What we should be doing is creating more competition,” he said...

Democrats in Washington were quick to call attention to Blunt’s remarks. The seven-term congressman may have been speaking hypothetically about competition. But it’s a good bet that his remarks will be construed one day in political ads to say that he opposes the popular Medicare program, the way America sees to the health needs of people 65 and over.

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2009/07/blunt-medicare-medicaid-distorts-the-marketplace/


His formidable Democratic opponent:
http://www.robincarnahan.com/

[abumbyanyothername]

1. Yikes. Explain to me again . . .

Why do we need competition in the business of pooling and distributing money? (aka insurance)

Since medicare costs 1/5 of private insurance to do the same job, I would be more than glad to pay TWICE the cost, 40% of my current bill, to medicare and cut Anthem (Blue Cross) out of the picture altogether.

Medicare for all could be a net plus for the federal budget at less cost to the consumer.

[and-justice-for-all]

3. +1

[and-justice-for-all]

2. He is completely full of shit...nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. The end of the Blunts is in signt

Roy will never in a million years beat Robin Carnahan.