Just a nagging question that I’ve been mulling over, which came back to me after reading a post on the AK Muckraker today: in this whole argument of government vs. private health insurance, the Republicans keep talking about how “75%” or so of the population is happy with their health insurance.  My question: who are these people?

I mean, I don’t know a single person who’s happy with their health insurance.  I know many who are unhappy with government-sponsored insurance, and for great reasons: the inevitable bureaucracy, the potential for death panels, waste of money, the consolidation of power.  But I’ve only ever heard complaints about private insurance.

Who is happy with their private insurer, and why?  Over the past couple of years I’ve paid five figures in health care expenses out of pocket because ours has claimed that “having teeth is cosmetic.”