tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post5919505519545584621..comments2023-12-23T02:10:09.875-05:00Comments on howl at pluto: The debasement of public debateLFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-61294133858731800022009-08-20T15:58:04.045-04:002009-08-20T15:58:04.045-04:00Strike "that's not the point." It sh...Strike "that's not the point." It shouldn't be a windfall for the ins. cos., period.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-40399731814852196232009-08-20T15:54:41.236-04:002009-08-20T15:54:41.236-04:00"The only way is to reduce the amount of heal..."The only way is to reduce the amount of health care provided."<br /><br />Well, I believe a certain amount of the 'care' the system currently provides is duplicative or unnecessary (e.g., unnecessary tests, procedures, or surgery) but I don't know what the savings here would amount to, assuming better co-ordination among doctors could reduce some of this.<br /><br />I will leave it to others who know more about these issues to debate the details of cost and funding.<br /><br />The fact is there is going to be a bill almost certainly; the question is what the bill will contain. I hope it will contain, among other things, some mechanism that will help lower premiums in the insurance market and thus enable people who need to buy insurance (b/c they are not in the employer-covered system or for other reasons) to do so more easily. One reason a public option is attractive is that its premiums would presumably be more reasonable. The insurance companies don't like it b/c they want to cash in on the millions of currently uninsured people who presumably will be required to buy insurance under the bill. But the bill should not be a windfall for the insurance companies -- that's not the point.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-5544512041481162472009-08-19T23:04:56.102-04:002009-08-19T23:04:56.102-04:00LCF
Yes just Who is a Fascist? :- )
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T...LCF<br /><br />Yes just <a href="http://eclecticmeanderings.blogspot.com/2005/04/who-is-fascist.html" rel="nofollow">Who is a Fascist?</a> :- )<br /><br /><br />--------<br />There are two different items when dealing with cost. The government account and the total economy.<br /><br />The government account will need more money than the current publically advertised plans allow for. But remember a $10 tax on the top one percent produces a lot less money than a $1 dollar tax on everybody. Something like the first can be sold as “tax the rich” plan but something like the second has to be hidden in the fine print or it won’t work. But the extra taxes would be an additional burden on the national economy and there is a recession.<br /><br />The President is saying things like he wants to reduce the percent of the GPD (government and non-government) spent on health care by a third. Increased efficiencies, preventive care and what ever cannot do this. The only way is to reduce the amount of health care provided. This would also be a way to finance the government account health care.<br /><br />This is one of the reasons there is opposition to plan The President own rhetoric implies it, though it may be poor word choice. <br /><br />If he wants to sell the thing he needs to say how the plan can be implemented without reducing the amount of heath care delivered and still meet his other goals and a viable means of funding.hank_F_Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851295792702162861noreply@blogger.com