tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801613569339727314.post9044556829174327121..comments2024-01-15T14:43:29.749-08:00Comments on The Village Elliot: Some Thoughts on Obamacare.The Village Elliot.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04067573537341001185noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801613569339727314.post-56270885690688711112013-08-14T16:52:21.826-07:002013-08-14T16:52:21.826-07:00Yes Jim, I think your idea is much better than wha...Yes Jim, I think your idea is much better than what we have. Plus you can explain your idea in a few paragraphs rather than thousands of pages of legislation. It makes sense to me though. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and sharing. .The Village Elliot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04067573537341001185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801613569339727314.post-49397741226370735212013-08-13T12:57:44.898-07:002013-08-13T12:57:44.898-07:00Hi Elliot, I think that you get the problem with p...Hi Elliot, I think that you get the problem with politicians right, they do what is best for them and considering that the voters are rationally ignorant they often do things counter to the people's interest. Our Government (at various levels) already spends enough to cover everyone in country with basic no frills but adequate care, but for the maximum benefit of the politicians it covers mostly the groups who vote at higher than average rate (Government employees and retired people).<br /><br />Politics makes it impossible buy below is my preferred plan:<br /><br /><a href="http://un-thought.blogspot.com/2009/09/healthcare-compromise.html" rel="nofollow">The state would provide insurance to all Americans but the annual deductible would be equal to the family’s trailing year adjusted income minus the poverty line income (say $25,000 for a family of 4) + $300. So a family of 4 with a trailing year adjusted income of $30,000 would have a deductible of $5,300. A family of 4 with a trailing year adjusted income of $80,000 would have a deductible of $55,300. Middle class and rich people could fill the gap with private supplemental insurance but this should be full taxed. This would encourage the middle class and rich, who are generally capable people, to demand prices from medical providers and might force down costs. They could opt to pay for most health-care out of pocket while the poor often less capable would be protected.<br />It is not a perfect plan but it might help. Some deregulation of health-care would also help the poor gain access. The gauntlet that Doctors have to run these days to get to practice seems like an anachronism in today’s world. Let smart people get to practice medicine after on the job training. Let the medical businesses decide who is qualified to practice medicine. 12 years of training to tell if my child has an ear infection is overkill and reduces access to health-care for the poor.<br />Another benefit of my plan is that it would encourage capable Americans (the rich and middle class) to be a counter weight politically against the providers.</a>JWOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00004178958481335795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801613569339727314.post-73760375665776121592013-08-13T11:20:07.179-07:002013-08-13T11:20:07.179-07:00Thanks for sending the link to the Atlantic magazi...Thanks for sending the link to the Atlantic magazine article. It's a long one and covers a lot of territory, but the salient point is that health care is not solely for the benefit of sick people, but covers a lot of agendas, and not all of them are positive. .The Village Elliot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04067573537341001185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-801613569339727314.post-3057020826720233742013-08-12T07:12:56.123-07:002013-08-12T07:12:56.123-07:00Yep.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2...Yep.<br />http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/how-american-health-care-killed-my-father/307617/<br /><br />Thanks, DonThe Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09342407194450806645noreply@blogger.com