Comments on: Obamacare roundup http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/06/15/obamacare-roundup/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:22:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Stephen Gordon http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/06/15/obamacare-roundup/#comment-67715 Stephen Gordon Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:41:32 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6136#comment-67715 Quincy, I agree. The two key reforms which make the most sense if we truly wish a free-market system is to: 1) Eliminate any government favoritism for insurance plans or companies. The tie between employment and health insurance must be completely severed. 2) Elimination of govt health care plans. Quincy,

I agree. The two key reforms which make the most sense if we truly wish a free-market system is to:

1) Eliminate any government favoritism for insurance plans or companies. The tie between employment and health insurance must be completely severed.

2) Elimination of govt health care plans.

]]> By: Quincy http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/06/15/obamacare-roundup/#comment-67714 Quincy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:22:24 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6136#comment-67714 The answer here is so gobstoppingly simple that no one in government can even conceive of it. As long as third parties paying doctors is the norm, the system will be inefficient. Period. The answer here is so gobstoppingly simple that no one in government can even conceive of it. As long as third parties paying doctors is the norm, the system will be inefficient. Period.

]]> By: tfr http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/06/15/obamacare-roundup/#comment-67712 tfr Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:15:12 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6136#comment-67712 > our president claims that unless we spend more money and effectively run private insurers out of business over the course of time, the country will go bankrupt Lately when I hear that, I start looking at who is going to be making money off of the new program. Someone who contributed to Obama's campaign? Will we pull another Lehman Brothers to threaten anyone who isn't falling into line? > our president claims that unless we spend more money and effectively run private insurers out of business over the course of time, the country will go bankrupt

Lately when I hear that, I start looking at who is going to be making money off of the new program. Someone who contributed to Obama’s campaign? Will we pull another Lehman Brothers to threaten anyone who isn’t falling into line?

]]> By: Analyzer http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/06/15/obamacare-roundup/#comment-67711 Analyzer Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:05:59 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6136#comment-67711 Transferable health care would go much farther than public health care. It is basic economics that competition always drives down costs more effectively than government. Transferable health care would give insurance companies incentive to invest in the long term health of their customer and to provide competitive value and prices. Insurance companies would earn more money if less of their customers become seriously ill, and we would have true "health care", rather than "disease insurance." For example, insurance companies could create groups of people at varying fitness levels: the more fit someone is, the less insurance would cost, because the risk of heart disease and diabetes would be less, statistically. The fitness levels could be tested by doctors. This would give customers added incentive to become more fit to save money on insurance. Another health factor that insurance companies could become involved in is nutrition. Transferable health care would go much farther than public health care. It is basic economics that competition always drives down costs more effectively than government. Transferable health care would give insurance companies incentive to invest in the long term health of their customer and to provide competitive value and prices. Insurance companies would earn more money if less of their customers become seriously ill, and we would have true “health care”, rather than “disease insurance.” For example, insurance companies could create groups of people at varying fitness levels: the more fit someone is, the less insurance would cost, because the risk of heart disease and diabetes would be less, statistically. The fitness levels could be tested by doctors. This would give customers added incentive to become more fit to save money on insurance. Another health factor that insurance companies could become involved in is nutrition.

]]> By: Quincy http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2009/06/15/obamacare-roundup/#comment-67709 Quincy Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:34:56 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=6136#comment-67709 I never thought I'd say this, but the spectre of Obamacare is making me *really* nostalgic for the halcyon days of G. W. Bush's administration. I never thought I’d say this, but the spectre of Obamacare is making me *really* nostalgic for the halcyon days of G. W. Bush’s administration.

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