Aetna CEO Threatened Obamacare Pullout If Feds Opposed Humana Merger

How long would a government run tech company survive in the valley? Now tell me again why you want them centrally planning your healthcare?

I never understood this mindset. It assumes that the govn't is incompetent (which it often is in many areas, fair point), but then ignores the most obvious response, which is to diagnose and fix the problems at hand. Simply abandoning the government solution is not the only option. In fact, one of the government's biggest problems is that so many people are obsessed with neglecting/sabotaging it just to prove some point that it's bad.

> It assumes that the govn't is incompetent (which it often is in many areas, fair point), but then ignores the most obvious response, which is to diagnose and fix the problems at hand.

It's utterly impossible to fix the problems of government competence because Americans don't want their government to be competent. They want it to be supportive, and diverse, and all sorts of things, but competence is not one of them.

If American government were competent, it would hire precisely the people whose unions donate so much to American politicians.

Government isn't a company, isn't competing with them, and shouldn't be measured in the way companies are measured; that you're even making this comparison speaks to the fact that you don't understand the purpose of government.

Why do I want centrally planning in my healthcare, because it can accomplish something companies can't: full coverage for all citizens rich and poor alike. No market solution can or will ever provide that, government CAN.