Comments for Is Jindal eyeing ‘recess sale’ of OGB? at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 23 May 2013 11:49:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8603-is-jindal-eyeing-recess-sale-of-ogb#comment-19348 " privatizing everything that moves " What's wrong with that? Why DON'T we get the government out of the benefits business? My company doesn't adminsiter a pension and benefits plan. They pay me, I buy health insurance. I contribute to my 401K plan. Why should government employees get anything different? - ragin_cajun Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:52:33 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8603-is-jindal-eyeing-recess-sale-of-ogb#comment-19345 OGB has worked for decades. In all this talk there is no mention of the program being poorly administered. In fact it is exceptionally well-run. As an example of how health insurance can work it is a threat to Jindal's ideology. As a governmental agency under Jindal's authority it is an opportunity for him to remove that "bad" example and further his philosophy of privatizing everything that moves. Nothing else matters. - rambeaux rawlings Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:56:08 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8603-is-jindal-eyeing-recess-sale-of-ogb#comment-19338 by RODEOCLOWN "state employees pay for a portion of the total cost of their group medical insurance." ---------------------- That's my point; State employees should pay for insurance, all of it. As for the private sector: (RAND study) "businesses with 10 employees or less, about 43 percent of the companies that had been running for more than 20 years offered coverage, while only about a quarter of those that had been in business for less than five years offered coverage. Correction made, Hmm that Walter. - Colon Flow Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:57:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8603-is-jindal-eyeing-recess-sale-of-ogb#comment-19316 Correction made, "Hmm..." Thanks. - Walter Pierce Sat, 02 Jul 2011 09:04:23 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8603-is-jindal-eyeing-recess-sale-of-ogb#comment-19311 ColonFlow, what makes U think the state employees are not paying for their insurance? Where is U're evidence to make such a statement? State employees pay for their group medical insurance just as private employees pay for their group medical insurance. Just as in the private sector, state employees pay for a portion of the total cost of their group medical insurance. - RODEOCLOWN Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:00:54 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/8603-is-jindal-eyeing-recess-sale-of-ogb#comment-19295 Sounds good. Let state workers pay for their own insurance. - Colon Flow Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:21:59 +0100