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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: TimF who wrote (11793)11/24/2009 7:44:02 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
I believe the original article assumed, or at least considered likely, that some form of "takeover" would pass creating an additional program, that would add even more to the government budget.

I choose to remain optimistic that the monumental mistake can be averted.

Talking about how the government could contain costs by denying some services does not imply that you think health care is a right. In fact if you thought it was an unlimited right you'd support the country going bankrupt to spend every last dollar it can on health care claims.

If we must discuss how a government program is to be managed, I would support fiscal restraints. One feature that the liars pushing government takeover tout is unlimited coverage, no more million dollar (or two or more) limits on payouts. This is hardly the model of fiscal restraint.

Do I support rationing of care? In limited circumstances. The straw man Lane3 threw up about not doing a pap smear for a terminal woman is a no brainer.

If I were to design a fix I would start by allowing health insurers to sell policies across state lines. After we found out what part of the problem that addressed we could go after the remainder.

With the possibility of buying cheap limited coverage many of the holdouts would likely opt for coverage.

The point is that they won't be abolished, at least not any time soon. So we will have the government dealing with health care claims and spending money on them. We can either just accept every claim (and have massive fraud as well as massive overspending on non-needed, non-helpful, or otherwise questionable procedures), or we can decide which ones we will pay and which ones won't get paid.

Why not use the model that has been successful rather than the one that is failing? Convert all Medicare to a model more similar to Medicare Advantage. Let private companies compete and budgets might not get so bloated.
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