Government-run health care will decimate market

First off, [in response to Mehul Patel's column Monday] how dare you trivialize the victims of 9/11?

But that is a whole other letter that I don’t have time for here.

For this economic model, we will assume Democrats understand the concept of competition (which they clearly don’t).

The problem with government run health care is the fact that the government is not concerned with profits, only market share.

It “enters” the market, and charges lower prices than the private sector can afford (after all the government is not concerned with profits, since they can do Democrats’ favorite thing and tax to make up for cash shortfalls).

What then happens is the private insurance companies (the “public option”) are forced to shut down because they cannot compete at the government’s predatory prices.

You are then left with only one option, the true public option, a government run shebang (overly simplified, I know).

Remember, competition drives prices down. Is reform needed? Absolutely.

Is it the job of someone in [Washington D.C.] to dictate my health insurance policy? I sure hope not.

And since when has the government been efficient in anything it does? The next time you’re cursing in line at the DMV, think that could be awfully similar to your next doctor’s appointment.

Robert Masino
Senior, Grayson
Finance and economics

Americans need to stop relying on government

In response to Mehul Patel’s commentary Monday:

This is exactly this kind of blind partisanship that causes the issues like health care reform to drag behind.

The Republicans are not ignorant to the need of health care reform; they simply don’t want a 1000-plus page bill shoved down the throat of the American people. Tom Price introduced a bill called the “Empowering Patients First Act” (HR 3400) way back in July as an alternative to the government “option”.

Patel however, does not hesitate to bring up the events following 9/11 in his justification. To that I retort that we all witnessed the incompetence of the [Federal Emergency Management Agency] after Hurricane Katrina.

Is another government run bureaucracy really what this county needs?

Dependence breeds incompetence. It’s time for Americans to stop depending on government to hold their hands and remember these simple words: “Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.”

Jacob Rudin
Junior, Canton
Music education