tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post8522271785099706395..comments2024-02-02T05:45:33.724-06:00Comments on Incoming: John Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-25208657069071491702009-07-19T15:36:21.391-06:002009-07-19T15:36:21.391-06:00anon:
Maybe I should make sure we are all using t...anon:<br /><br />Maybe I should make sure we are all using the correct terms. None of the legislation under consideration establishes nationalized health care (e.g. UK) or single payer system (e.g. Canada).<br /><br />Nor do I support either. The reform is aimed at 1) controlling costs via CRE and 2) universal health care coverage.<br /><br />I'll try to post about the basic terms soon. <br /><br />Unless the waiter brings more fruity drinks around...John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-71716009167178392992009-07-19T10:55:53.780-06:002009-07-19T10:55:53.780-06:00John,
Just a few opinions for you. Maybe a natio...John,<br /><br />Just a few opinions for you. Maybe a nationalized health care system is not what we should be focusing on. Maybe we should get to the root of the problem, and start controlling costs. Why does it cost so much money to see a doctor or have some surgical procedure done? Two things pop into my mind immediately when asked this question. <br /><br />The first thing is malpractice lawsuits. Doctors must charge an exorbitant amount of money in order to be able to afford their malpractice insurance. Shouldn't we understand that doctors are human, mistakes can be made, and that we should be responsible for the risk in the unlikely event that a mistake is made. Sure, cases of negligence and incompetence are out there, and those doctors should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. However, if we did our homework before we entrust our lives to these doctors, the marketplace would put them out of business.<br /><br />The second thing that stands out to me is our policy of providing free emergency room care to anyone who can't afford it. Someone has to pay for those visits and that someone is me and you. We pay for it through higher prices charged to us for our health care. Higher prices at the hospital equates to higher prices for health insurance. I don't know how to solve this problem, because I don't think that someone with a bad illness or injury should be turned away from getting help when they need it, but there should be a better way than to have us cover the costs. <br /><br />So, in my opinion, we should focus on methods to decrease health care costs, in turn decreasing health insurance premiums. Trying to nationalize our health care system, in my view, is going down the wrong road.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-17489151129208530722009-07-18T06:16:11.662-06:002009-07-18T06:16:11.662-06:00Anon1:
If you read that assertion into my compari...Anon1:<br /><br />If you read that assertion into my comparison to health care, I miscommunicated. I was suggesting that just as we offer high school education to all children, I feel we should offer "high school" level health care in some fashion.<br /><br />Those can pay for it can get more/better care through private means. <br /><br />As for the outcomes in our education system, I agree we are doing a poor job, but I'm not sure it is because it is publicly funded.<br /><br />Anon2:<br />Well put. I notice few on Medicare seek to reverse that program or even see it control the costs.John Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03245790061133614986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-57704548226258121802009-07-18T05:37:42.879-06:002009-07-18T05:37:42.879-06:00EVERY discussion about health care should first as...EVERY discussion about health care should first ask the participants if they are writing their own check for health insurance or is someone else. If you are not writing your own check, then you are receiving socialized health insurance. If you are writing the check, you have to ask at what point of my income will health insurance costs stop, 50%? 80?%<br /><br />It is a darn shame with all the talent in this country we cannot devise the best health insurance program the world has ever seen, but instead people have let it (make that made it due to their beliefs) become a battle of conservatives and liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27951078.post-31438298072733389212009-07-17T22:15:34.200-06:002009-07-17T22:15:34.200-06:00John I really don't think that in urban Americ...John I really don't think that in urban America that you can honestly say that more government involvement in education has has increased the profiency level of students, as the level of people who are marginaly literate continues to climb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com