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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (7433)	7/8/2009 7:56:28 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I think you're confused about the concepts of markets and capitalism. A free market is defined as one in which prices are arranged by mutual consent of buyers and sellers. In this instance, the employer is the buyer and the insurance company is the seller. Pricing is established by supply and demand and the principles of microeconomics apply. If you accept that premise then the real market is countries... because that is who is buying health services/drugs world wide. It's a good argument for expanding the pool with a national system. The employer serves as a proxy for the buyer, but is just as determined to get the best value for his dollar. No! The health administrator is looking to get the best employee perceived value for the lowest price. But he doesn't have a clue. Only the end user can/will make that determination when he has to spend his hard earned money. It's the blessing of capitalism... As I pointed out to Lane, there should be some hard evidence somewhere that you're right on this if you are -- there are millions of us who DON'T have an employer as an intermediary. And our costs are just as high as everyone else's. We are all a victim or the broad marketplace. If they gave you, an individual with free choice, a cheaper plan, what would that do to their model? It's a rhetorical discussion anyway... we can't get there from here. Said that 100 times on this thread for many years. It's not really what is the best thing to do, it's what we can do. And we have to do something.