Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Healthcare
Here’s another contradiction in the video. And before we start, I just wanna note that Obama's healthcare plan is NOT my expertise. I don't know if it will work or not. The followin rant is based on the video. If you have privatized healthcare then one company is gonna try to give you the lowest price because they don’t want you going to the other company. True. Now what happens when that other company is the biggest business in the country, the US government? You think company A is gonna just disappear and not try to compete anymore? When you have a few major players handling the pricing, what do you think they do? Sit in their separate offices and say we’ll set our prices based on what the other person is doing? NO! They work together behind closed doors, understand that they can both serve the market and still make profit. That’s why Coke won’t sell for $.50. Not because they can’t make a killin at $.50 (plastic bottles are cheaper to make than glass, so don’t tell me otherwise), but because together with Pepsi they’ve figured out a reasonable price that they can live with and the consumers could live with. So if the government is providing health care, what makes you think that the current health care providers won’t try to keep up? WHAT THE FUCK MAKES YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO PUT AN INDUSTRY OUT OF BUSINESS?
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are you dissatisfied buying coke for ~$1 per bottle?
ReplyDeleteIf you are rational then no, you are paying the fair market price. You assume because Pepsi and Coke are both making a profit (which you think is too large) that it isn't fair.
Point 1 - Who are you to decide that they are making too much profit??
Point 2 - if you don't feel like you are getting value for your dollar, then drink something else that aligns with your value proposition.
Point 3 - you say there is excessive barrier to market entry, several grocery stores (whose net worth is minuscule compared to Pepsi and Coke) have their own soda, sure it maybe impractical to start your own soda company from your basement, but you (and others) can leverage existing businesses to gain entry to the market
there was another part and point he was trying to make which i completely agree with. it has to do with the quality of service and the products not *only* the price. sure they might not start slicing prices but if company A sees that company B is gaining market share and it's cutting into their business, company A is going to do something about it. several options (and im no expert here either) would be: cut prices, offer a better product, offer a new product, etc. all these things promote a healthy system. sure they might work together a little bit but it's certainly not going to be the only thing they do. every company wants to take money so they're going to try alternate methods (as mentioned above) as well. no one said the gov't is going to (purposefully or not) put an industry out of business but i think it's wise to sit back and look at what might happen instead of just assuming it's going to benefit everyone just because they can now "get what the gov't officials are getting". it's somewhat of a marketing buzz word that makes people happy and possibly not fully think it through. that's all.. time to go vote. =)
ReplyDeleteno no no, what pepsi and coke makes is fine. that's not my point. My point is with the government also entering the game, it's just going to make it more competitive, not force everyone to hop on the government medical plan. Obama sayin you'll get the same treatment politicians do, isn't saying much (it's only sounds great to the people with no coverage). Because unless you're the president, you don't have the world's best surgeon working on you. Politicians use the same doctors you and I do. So offering a doctor a politician uses isn't going to make me switch mine (even though she's an unattractive woman, yuck)
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