I don't want to derail the conversation from Health care to credit card reform, but I do want to use it as an example of why little good can come from Washington... Link Every little intrusion hurts, even with the best of intentions. This is why I don't want pretty much anything from Washington that does not deal with what the Federal government is supposed to deal with (Protecting us from other countries, etc...). Health care is not on that list. They need to stay as far away from it as possible.
I think, if you look closely, you will find that it is both. But breaking it down into small pieces makes sense. Some of the ideas will work as planned and some will not work out. By having multiple health plan divisions, then we can scrap one floundering idea without it sinking the whole bundle.
Your health premiums have been doubling every ten years anyway. How long can that go on before you have no alternatives to choose from?
I would guess about 80% of the population. Insurance is not pre-paid service. It's a simple transfer of risk. If you use health-care services, you PAY for it. The end.
The government pays for it with our dollars and wastes much of it or the insurance industry pays for it with our dollars and rakes off obscene profits. Pick your poison . . . or find something that offers the best of both worlds. Doing nothing is not an option.
c'mon red i was making a joke. still if the money does not come out of the pocket, most people think that they don't pay for it.
Let's not put the cart before the horse. Healthcare costs drive premium costs, not the other way around. High premiums are a symptom.
