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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: TimF who wrote (3706)1/10/2008 3:30:37 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
But if I'm saying that only because people are portraying it as really really bad, and I think it has weaknesses but isn't quite so bad as they portray it, does that amount to defending it?

Ha, I wish I'd seen your post first. I already posted my opinion on that. No, I think not, although I understand the perception. It's the same fallacy that leads one to see proof of cause in simple correlation.

Having said that, I certainly would value an actual discussion about what could be done about the current system, which has its share of problems, with people prepared to analyze them. Seems to me that the elephant in the room is the cost. The other significant problem is the lack of portability. Others may see other problems but to me it boils down to those two.

The portability problem is caused by two things, seems to me. One is that the states all have their own twists on what can be offered in their states. The other is that most insurance comes from employers. Those would clearly be fixed by the single-provider approach, one of its main attractions. But that doesn't mean it's the only way. A healthy national market for individual health insurance could do it, as well.

As for cost, that's a bigger topic and would require more energy than I have post-lunch. <g>
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