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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: JohnM who wrote (84923)9/16/2008 5:15:23 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 541518
 
Actually, I wasn't asking for your overall views on healthcare, only if you thought Herbert was right about McCain's proposals

I thought that's what you wanted and what I gave you. I will rephrase: I think Herbert did a poor job of analyzing McCain's proposals. It was just a knee-jerk reaction to the usual suspects, and he obviously wasn't interested in the cost factor. He clearly missed the point.

particularly the slippery slope portion.

If you're referring to getting middle-men employers out of the health insurance biz, I don't think that's a slippery slope as Herbert claims. It's the direct objective. McCain wants to give people tax credits to buy their own insurance. The insurance/tax fiddling is just for transition for those who are hesitant to jump right in. Eliminating the employer role is a key mechanism for reducing health care costs. Loaded employer packages (or loaded state regulated packages) are, similarly, a key cost escalators. Unless you care about long term costs, you wouldn't like McCain's take.

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