I always appreciate it when you post articles. However, I can't decide if I feel more or less depressed about the state of our country after reading them!
I really enjoyed articles 1,2 and 3, but 4 did not lay out her idea of a "solution" really, although I agreed w/the problem she presented though.
The first article presented the best solution yet to heath care: "Instead of making health care more like the DMV, how about we make it more like grocery stores? Give the poor and tough cases health stamps and let the rest of us buy health care -- and health insurance -- on the free market." I agree, being that his idea of "insurance" is catastrophies only. So get rid of privatized health insurance policies that employers give, or any policies period, just have emergency room insurance.
Before privatized ins. came along people would go to the doctor and then get the bill in the mail. The bill wasn't inflated or super huge, but it was a bill the patient paid. If doctor's offices and hospitals were in need of patients/customers they may be forced to lower their prices and oh my gosh IMPROVE their services. However, this would be quite pricey if you were someone sick all the time, or having surgery/giving birth, BUT that's the free market. So for those of us who do only go a time or two a year, this would be perfect and cost effective. I respect this author's solution and enjoyed her metaphors. I admit I've spent over $100 on my hair in the past (obviously not now ha ha ha). Sadly, Ann's solution probably won't happen... the insurance companies make too much profit with how it is now, which in turn makes their stock holders money because this is a free market and they are public companies. With hindsight I think my grandmother would of done well if she bought stock in Kaiser back in the day. :-)
De-fund Plan Parenthood: I agree, but until a law passes to ban abortions, I'm sure this funding will continue (unless we go with the above mentioned solution, then they'd get billed too for their procedure).
The third article rings true and shines light on many things, but a bit biased and with extreme scare tactics: "bureaucrats empowered to decide what treatments you can and cannot get, they may well decide that money spent keeping some 75-year-old grandmother alive for a couple of more years could be better spent politically by enabling ten younger people to have acupuncture or visit a shrink". I see their point they are attempting to make, and the unknown is very scary. A lot of people have not experienced gov. heath care here and we are scared it will be horrific. I just pray that if it does go into affec, it won't be horrific. I know the current people here with socialized/gov't health care (ie. school teachers, police officers, state/fed workers (my parents)) get everything covered and they don't pay a dime out of their pocket. In speaking with one said worker, they offered me this advice: "Just get a job with a huge hospital that offers you free benefits and then you don't have to worry about anything." Ummm, ok, I will do that!
Thanks for sharing, and sorry my response was so long. I finally got around to reading everyone's blogs after a month's absense. :-)
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I always appreciate it when you post articles. However, I can't decide if I feel more or less depressed about the state of our country after reading them!
I really enjoyed articles 1,2 and 3, but 4 did not lay out her idea of a "solution" really, although I agreed w/the problem she presented though.
The first article presented the best solution yet to heath care: "Instead of making health care more like the DMV, how about we make it more like grocery stores? Give the poor and tough cases health stamps and let the rest of us buy health care -- and health insurance -- on the free market." I agree, being that his idea of "insurance" is catastrophies only. So get rid of privatized health insurance policies that employers give, or any policies period, just have emergency room insurance.
Before privatized ins. came along people would go to the doctor and then get the bill in the mail. The bill wasn't inflated or super huge, but it was a bill the patient paid. If doctor's offices and hospitals were in need of patients/customers they may be forced to lower their prices and oh my gosh IMPROVE their services. However, this would be quite pricey if you were someone sick all the time, or having surgery/giving birth, BUT that's the free market. So for those of us who do only go a time or two a year, this would be perfect and cost effective. I respect this author's solution and enjoyed her metaphors. I admit I've spent over $100 on my hair in the past (obviously not now ha ha ha).
Sadly, Ann's solution probably won't happen... the insurance companies make too much profit with how it is now, which in turn makes their stock holders money because this is a free market and they are public companies. With hindsight I think my grandmother would of done well if she bought stock in Kaiser back in the day. :-)
De-fund Plan Parenthood: I agree, but until a law passes to ban abortions, I'm sure this funding will continue (unless we go with the above mentioned solution, then they'd get billed too for their procedure).
The third article rings true and shines light on many things, but a bit biased and with extreme scare tactics: "bureaucrats empowered to decide what treatments you can and cannot get, they may well decide that money spent keeping some 75-year-old grandmother alive for a couple of more years could be better spent politically by enabling ten younger people to have acupuncture or visit a shrink". I see their point they are attempting to make, and the unknown is very scary. A lot of people have not experienced gov. heath care here and we are scared it will be horrific. I just pray that if it does go into affec, it won't be horrific. I know the current people here with socialized/gov't health care (ie. school teachers, police officers, state/fed workers (my parents)) get everything covered and they don't pay a dime out of their pocket. In speaking with one said worker, they offered me this advice: "Just get a job with a huge hospital that offers you free benefits and then you don't have to worry about anything." Ummm, ok, I will do that!
Thanks for sharing, and sorry my response was so long. I finally got around to reading everyone's blogs after a month's absense. :-)
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