Sound Politics: And we want these people to run health care?

September 29, 2009

And we want these people to run health care?

It appears the state has made a believer out of Jim Powell. I'm going to take a wild guess and say he's going to vote for Susan Hutchison this November.

Excellent column, Nicole Brodeur.

Posted by MarkGriswold at September 29, 2009 07:16 AM | Email This

Comments

1. Someone's thinking of having the DOL run health insurance? Who knew?

Seriously, if I told you a story about my health insurance carrier messing up a claim, would that convince you that health insurers shouldn't "run health care"? How about if I told you two stories?

This is just a pointless anecdote and Jim Powell strikes me as a clueless whiner. It also looks like Nicole Brodeur has run out of ideas for columns.

BTW, we have three cars in our family and I've renewed the tabs by mail for as long as I can remember (at least 10 years) without a single problem. Just renewed my driver's license the same way and got the new one in less than two weeks.

Posted by: scottd on September 29, 2009 08:11 AM

2. As you know, Scott, most people's experience with government inefficiency does not begin and end with a single instance at any one agency, at the DOL or elsewhere.

As you also know, if we don't like our private insurance, we always have the option of opting out, but some people -- you included, I'm sure -- would like to change that.

I do my tabs online, where despite the convenience, I have watched the cost of my tabs climb steadily every year -- that's another government concern, Scotty (even though I'm sure the money went to TOTALLY ESSENTIAL government services). And I waited months for my business license, even though I did all the work online myself, and all they had to do was process it and accept my money. Scott, it's about the cost of government and its inevitable, growing encroachment on your life. You can't opt out of tabs or the DOL as costs spiral every year -- would you like to make insurance the same?

Posted by: gulliver on September 29, 2009 10:05 AM

3. Get a grip, gully. Life comes with a few bumps and inconveniences, but most people deal with them. Jim Powell needs to learn how to do that and apparently you do, too.

Brodeur, apparently out of ideas, wrote a column about a guy who mailed in his car tab renewal, waited for them a little longer than usual, but received them eight days before his old ones expired. Apparently, he was sweating bullets the whole time, over car tabs! Brodeur says he felt like a "wanted man" -- although it's not clear who wanted him and what for. Maybe he's wanted for a clinical study on anxiety disorders.

For some reason, Mark thinks this story is related to health care reform. I'm not sure why.

Posted by: scottd on September 29, 2009 10:33 AM

4. Please, please do not let these govt. incompetents eliminate private health insurance and run everyone's medical care.

Posted by: Michele on September 29, 2009 10:55 AM