The solution to actually fixing Health Care in America.
Hi Guys! I wrote another blog post. This one stems from many in-person arguments with democrats about how to fix our Health Care system. Basically they can't seem to understand that if you're burning your hand on a hot plate, that a valid solution is taking your hand off the hotplate. They demand a different plan for dealing with the burns while your hand is still on the hotplate.
So in a few simple steps, I've fixed the entirety of the US Health Care system. Surprisingly the solution isn't less Capitalism, but more. Funny how that always works, right?
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So in a few simple steps, I've fixed the entirety of the US Health Care system. Surprisingly the solution isn't less Capitalism, but more. Funny how that always works, right?
http://dannesrepossessions.wordpress.com...
It's Madness!
The insurance System is F'd up.
2. you addressed the tax code problem.
3. You addressed the scam healthcare has become.
4. you did not explicitly address Medicare.
5. you missed the FDA.
6. most importantly, your rule against insurance is a violation of my natural right to free association and contract.
All insurance is a gamble. And it's a gamble where no one wins. If you get sick, sure the insurance company will pay for it, but you're still sick. If you don't get sick, the insurance company still has a lot of your money which you won't be able to get back. Even if you don't get sick, the insurance company still doesn't win. They are one minor outbreak away from going broke. So much so that a lot of Insurance Companies are insured themselves to cover catastrophes.
If any segment of society maintains insurance, my whole plan will fail.
The beginnings of insurance in the US are based in small "communities" coming together via clubs and pooling resources to hedge against uncertainty s. totally valid and private. do not step into my private right to associate. I do not care about your argument. we can have a philosophical discussion every day of the week about my poor or enlightened choice-but you do not decide for me my associations.
merry christmas jsw
2. I agree, sorta. I don't understand what he means by 50% vs 90%, but my solution to the tax code problem is abolition of the 16th Amendment.
4. he said medicare was cancelled.
5. What about the FDA? Rather, what do you think should be done about the FDA?
6. Please don't channel Ron Paul. I don't know of any "natural right" to free association or contract; just because you want to associate with me, you can't exercise your "right" without my cooperation... or compulsion, so I don't regard it as a "natural right".
But, more significantly, for example, Ron Paul wants us to go back to the foreign policy of the late 18th century. So... we sink every naval vessel we have at sea, or pull them back to port and mothball them all? Fire the entire standing army we have, after pulling it all back home? And then in a month we can do whatever our new masters tell us we can do.
Likewise, the damage has been done, and can't be undone by simply going to the "natural state", for want of a better term, that you feel is "right". Might as well not waste the time, effort and money of the rest of his reform attempts if all current insurance contracts remain legal and in effect.
I would come up with a legal definition of "insurance", and cancel all existing insurance contracts which don't match that definition. Yup, that violates your "right" to contract, but I don't see any other way to fix and undo the damage insurance has done to the health care industry.
So long as they can offer insurance contracts that will pay for your rubbers and headcold medicine, the cost of health care will remain higher than it needs to be.
5. it costs a billion to come out with a new drug and years. it increases the cost of every new medical product that comes out-not just pharma-think devices, machines, apps-it's ridiculous.
6. what the heck do you think free association means? FREE. BOTH parties have to be willing. sheesh
And, with tort reform, costs would go down a good bit. Dr's and facilities would not incur such high premiums and insurance prices.
For more details see the documentary "Hot Coffee" at: http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/hot-cof...
Yes, sometimes the courts are a lottery. They are also the ONLY recourse that there is for someone who has been wronged.
Instead, we culturally accept that an 85 year old who is rushed to the ER with heart failure and was not able to resuscitated, was due to doctor negligence or willful error? cmon
When have you EVER heard of a doctor being taken out of practice except under the most egregious pretty much criminal misconduct? They cover each other's butts.
They need to be doing something else besides treating people.