Pelosi promotes government takeover of healthcare

Pelosi makes case for government-run health option

Overthrow of 6% of the economy, 17% of the GDP

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the case is growing stronger for allowing the government to sell health insurance in competition with private companies, contending recent attacks from the industry should dispel any doubts.

“Competition?” They are taxing, restricting, regulating and demonizing the “Competition” (private sector insurance). It appears that they want a monopoly. Single-payer. Where are the anti-trust laws? Oh, I almost forgot. They are lawmakers.

“The need for a public option is very clear,” the California Democrat told reporters at her weekly news conference, making the argument as lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol worked to finalize sweeping legislation extending coverage to millions of the uninsured.

Whether the Senate bill will include a public plan in any form is a major question mark, but “our House bill will have a public option,” the California Democrat declared.

“Anyone who had any doubts about the need for such an option need only look at the behavior of the health insurance industry this week,” Pelosi said. “The idea that we would have health insurance reform without a public option becomes less likely.”

She was referring to an industry-funded study that said insurance premiums would rise under health overhaul legislation advanced by the Senate Finance Committee earlier this week. Pelosi also referenced an insurance industry ad campaign targeted at seniors.

The “industry-funded study” was done by an independent company with their reputation on the line. It exposed the cost and tax increases that Congress (Nancy Pelosi) supports.

The speaker has been on the attack against health insurers for months, but the latest developments clearly strengthened her resolve to make them pay. She also said the House was now considering adding to its health care bill a $6.7 billion-a-year fee on insurance companies that is part of the Senate Finance package.

…and she calls that “competition????” To be fair, she never said it was honest, fair, uncorrupt, free-market competition.