I want to see ObamaCare ended. There are two viable options as I see them:
Tom Send a noteboard - 04/04/2012 09:52:58 PM
1. Full-on socialized medicine in the European model (or the Canadian one). This would by necessity require tort reform as well, as well as price controls on certain procedures and equipment. Private clinics and doctors could operate outside the system for those who can pay for better service, just as with everything else in life.
2. A fully privatized system with no Medicare or Medicaid. Government vouchers would allow for graded assistance in buying insurance to help lower-income individuals, and insurance rates would be set by the government, just as utility company rates currently are. Lower rates would make insurance a reasonable proposition for more people. If hospitals were allowed to refuse people without insurance or payment for all but the most emergency procedures, it would act as a massive incentive to have insurance. If you don't get insurance when it's easy and cheap (and in some cases, subsidized) go find a dark corner and die.
2. A fully privatized system with no Medicare or Medicaid. Government vouchers would allow for graded assistance in buying insurance to help lower-income individuals, and insurance rates would be set by the government, just as utility company rates currently are. Lower rates would make insurance a reasonable proposition for more people. If hospitals were allowed to refuse people without insurance or payment for all but the most emergency procedures, it would act as a massive incentive to have insurance. If you don't get insurance when it's easy and cheap (and in some cases, subsidized) go find a dark corner and die.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Health care reform
04/04/2012 07:38:50 PM
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As a supporter of a socialized health care system (obviously), I still found the bill terrible.
04/04/2012 07:54:04 PM
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Overcoming the propaganda is a huge challenge in itself, one Robamacare has only exacerbated.
05/04/2012 05:08:51 PM
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While I think a movement towards public health care in the long run would be good...
04/04/2012 09:11:50 PM
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The problem with cost reduction is that you need to consider the system.
04/04/2012 09:45:24 PM
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I want to see ObamaCare ended. There are two viable options as I see them:
04/04/2012 09:52:58 PM
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coming from a veterinary viewpoint, this emphasis on even having insurance is unnecessary
05/04/2012 01:01:27 AM
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That actually was the way medicine was practiced for the longest time
05/04/2012 01:23:28 AM
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it looks to me like it was more like employers trying to manipulate the program
05/04/2012 01:30:19 AM
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Well, I can give some thoughts on the matter (Disclaimer: Long post)
05/04/2012 07:18:19 PM
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