President Obama, when pushing ObamaCare, once made the point, "Private insurers should be able to compete, They do it all the time. I mean, if you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the post office that's always having problems."
Obama was making an argument of government ineffectiveness.
The post office, for example, does not operate under restrictions that burden private businesses. It does enjoy a legal monopoly on many types of letter mail. And it is a perfect example of what happens when the government tries to operate as a business.
The new health care law will establish standards of care, to determine what are proper levels of coverage. You can be sure the law will generate an expansion of government in the health system, such as Medicare and Medicaid, much of what we have in the Post Office.
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