Comments on: McCain’s Health Care Plan: The Good and Bad http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/10/11/mccains-health-care-plan-the-good-and-bad/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:26:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Insurance » McCain’s Health Care Plan: The Good and Bad http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/10/11/mccains-health-care-plan-the-good-and-bad/#comment-39755 Insurance » McCain’s Health Care Plan: The Good and Bad Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:51:52 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/10/11/mccains-health-care-plan-the-good-and-bad/#comment-39755 [...] Kevin wrote an interesting post today on McCainâ??s Health Care Plan: The Good and BadHere’s a quick excerptThis will begin the process of making health care an individual responsibility, not a responsibility of the employer. He also would allow insurance policies to be sold across the state lines. The back door way of dealing with state … [...] [...] Kevin wrote an interesting post today on McCainâ??s Health Care Plan: The Good and BadHere’s a quick excerptThis will begin the process of making health care an individual responsibility, not a responsibility of the employer. He also would allow insurance policies to be sold across the state lines. The back door way of dealing with state … [...]

]]> By: UCrawford http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/10/11/mccains-health-care-plan-the-good-and-bad/#comment-39604 UCrawford Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:57:30 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/10/11/mccains-health-care-plan-the-good-and-bad/#comment-39604 Wow...veterans get to shop for their own health care options. I'm not sure whether that's great or laughable. On the one hand, the McCain plan is essentially admitting that the V.A. system (pure socialized medicine) is incapable of providing the services veterans need, which should come as no surprise to anyone who's dealt with the V.A. or Tri-Care. The laughable part is that his solution is to try and outsource the highest risk population possible (soldiers, who are currently in the middle of a shooting war) to the private sector with the expectation that the government will fund it. Insurance companies love to offer competitive, inexpensive rates to population groups who work in ultra-high risk job, coupled with extensive histories of chronic health problems or catastrophic disabilities. Oh yeah, that's going to work out well...because private companies never gouge government programs and the government is obviously on top of things when it comes to accountability with how they spend their money. And you know the candidate has really thought it through when they refuse to even provide cost estimates. Pass. Wow…veterans get to shop for their own health care options. I’m not sure whether that’s great or laughable. On the one hand, the McCain plan is essentially admitting that the V.A. system (pure socialized medicine) is incapable of providing the services veterans need, which should come as no surprise to anyone who’s dealt with the V.A. or Tri-Care. The laughable part is that his solution is to try and outsource the highest risk population possible (soldiers, who are currently in the middle of a shooting war) to the private sector with the expectation that the government will fund it. Insurance companies love to offer competitive, inexpensive rates to population groups who work in ultra-high risk job, coupled with extensive histories of chronic health problems or catastrophic disabilities.

Oh yeah, that’s going to work out well…because private companies never gouge government programs and the government is obviously on top of things when it comes to accountability with how they spend their money. And you know the candidate has really thought it through when they refuse to even provide cost estimates.

Pass.

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