WE ALREADY OWN THE MOTHER OF ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES! Let's use it to provide public access from day one.
Obama claimed in his speech that we need four years to set up the Insurance Exchange if a Public Option even passes. I ask why wait? What happened to the talk that the Public Option starts day one? Obama tried to cover this gap politically by mentioning John McCain's idea for individuls being allowed to get catastrophic coverage thru Medicaid right away - until the exchange is up and running.
Obama has also claimed that if we were to start over today a single payer plan might be best. But again, in his speech Obama claimed that such a switch would be too much of a change for the economy and the current heathcare system to handle.
So I keep asking why don't we use our (as is Public ownership) new found corporate assets, especially AIG ?
Why don’t we use AIG to offer policies and administer the program right away?
We OWN THE MOTHER OF ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES!
How about a opt in program of MEDICARE FOR ALL VIA AIG INSURANCE?
We already own the largest Insurance company in the friggin world.
AS I recall we the people already own AIG. I forget how many hundred of billions we have put into it so far. (150 Billion?)
It turns out AIG offers Health Related Insurance for Individuals. SEE
http://www.aig.com/...
So if we (the US Government and Taxpayers already own AIG and if AIG is offering Health Related Policies – then why shouldn’t we demand that AIG offer coverage to all individuals who can not afford Insurance under current plans. Better yet why not take AIG and run it as a Government Program for Health Care Insurance similar to Medciare for under 65 years of age . Have the Government set tight rules and regulations at Medicare like rates.