The Post Office as an Efficiency Standard for Government Health Insurance?

It takes lots of chutzpah to push for government health insurance when all around us we have government-operated foul-ups.

One of the many sparkling examples we are in contact with, is the U.S. Postal System.

Losses each year run about $7 billion, despite constant increases in charges across the board. Postage stamps alone have gone up well above the rate of inflation. A large number of post offices are slated to be shut to cut expenses along with delivery days and hours. Still losses mount.

And the Post office retains its first class monopoly because, Heaven Forbid, there are private carriers ready to compete if the government would allow it.

Need I say more about this Government Option Postal Service? And what it portends for Government Health Insurance?