A US National Health Care System? Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : A US National Health Care System?

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Lane3 who wrote (7650)	7/21/2009 1:26:10 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) of 42652

do you have any idea what "illness-tested voucher" means? I haven't heard the term before. Google had not hits for ""illness-tested voucher" and the only user for "illness-tested vouchers" I could find was the blog post you quoted econlog.econlib.org Trying to guess, well maybe they mean that the there is some sort of test to see if someone is really ill, and if they are they get the voucher. The intent being that this way the patient spends the money (they have the voucher) and can search for the best deal for the money, but your not giving the vouchers to people who aren't sick. The problem with that would seem to be that it takes time and money to confirm someone is sick in the first place, and then to find out exactly what's wrong, and what the best treatment would be, and how much the treatment will cost. If it wasn't for that, then maybe the illness-tested voucher idea would work, but if it wasn't for gravity skydivers wouldn't need parachutes. Also if it wasn't for the factors I list above, health care would in general be far less expensive, and probably wouldn't be called "a crisis" in the current political debate. I submitted a comment to the blog post asking what he meant.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next