[Bobcat]

Ernie .... " If private companies can`t cut it and make a profit undermproposed federal guidelines , tough ....... etc " ignores the fact that the playing field will be tilted in favor of the government . The government will NOT have to operate under the same restraints as the insurance companies and can run at massive losses as long as our tax money and the printing presses hold out . All you have to do is look at Amtrak and the Post Office as examples of "companies" that would never be able to survive without massive influxes of subsidies ( our taxes ) .
Private companies don`t have the ability to put a confiscate our money by force as the government has .... and does .... they have to make a profit !
I hope you really don`t believe the government rules will be intended to be fair .... because if you do , I have some swamp land in South GA I would like to sell you .
I understand , I think , where you are coming from ... but to allow the government with its horrible track record to run this will be a disaster .