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Post by AztecWilliam on Jan 13, 2014 11:52:16 GMT -8
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Jan 13, 2014 14:14:57 GMT -8
Good article AW. Thanks for posting it.
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Post by aztecwin on Jan 13, 2014 14:29:35 GMT -8
Lots of good points to ponder. One thing that I will not change my mind on is that if we go to a single payer, it must not be the Federal Government. We need efficiency and not bureaucracy. |
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Post by azteccc on Jan 13, 2014 16:12:01 GMT -8
Who is the real culprit in the area of health care costs? AzWm Obama, of course. |
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Post by azteccc on Jan 13, 2014 16:13:29 GMT -8
Lots of good points to ponder. One thing that I will not change my mind on is that if we go to a single payer, it must not be the Federal Government. We need efficiency and not bureaucracy. I would be okay with a nonprofit organization, or more preferably a public/private partnership with no shareholders, taking a crack at it. |
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Post by AztecWilliam on Jan 13, 2014 23:02:12 GMT -8
I must say that I continue to be wary of the government setting prices, and that means prices in any sector of the economy. Once you say that the government should set prices in this or that field, have you not implicitly made the argument that government should set prices in any field it cares to dabble in?
In the case of health insurance, it is obvious that ObamaCare was designed very, very poorly. Surely we could have done better.
AzWm
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Jan 14, 2014 9:46:11 GMT -8
I must say that I continue to be wary of the government setting prices, and that means prices in any sector of the economy. Once you say that the government should set prices in this or that field, have you not implicitly made the argument that government should set prices in any field it cares to dabble in? In the case of health insurance, it is obvious that ObamaCare was designed very, very poorly. Surely we could have done better. AzWm The government already sets prices, in some extent, in that insurance companies base their reimbursement rates on what Medicare pays. Didn't you read your own article? |
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Post by aztecwin on Jan 14, 2014 13:25:03 GMT -8
Lots of good points to ponder. One thing that I will not change my mind on is that if we go to a single payer, it must not be the Federal Government. We need efficiency and not bureaucracy. I would be okay with a nonprofit organization, or more preferably a public/private partnership with no shareholders, taking a crack at it. Would be better than just government, still would still create a bureaucratic and inefficient organization. |
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Post by AztecWilliam on Jan 15, 2014 10:38:38 GMT -8
I must say that I continue to be wary of the government setting prices, and that means prices in any sector of the economy. Once you say that the government should set prices in this or that field, have you not implicitly made the argument that government should set prices in any field it cares to dabble in? In the case of health insurance, it is obvious that ObamaCare was designed very, very poorly. Surely we could have done better. AzWm The government already sets prices, in some extent, in that insurance companies base their reimbursement rates on what Medicare pays. Didn't you read your own article? Yes, of course I was aware of the situation you mention. Why would such awareness make me anything other than wary of government setting prices? When the government, rather than a free market, sets prices, political considerations rather than sound economics determines those prices. AzWm |
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Post by azteccc on Jan 15, 2014 21:28:14 GMT -8
The government already sets prices, in some extent, in that insurance companies base their reimbursement rates on what Medicare pays. Didn't you read your own article? Yes, of course I was aware of the situation you mention. Why would such awareness make me anything other than wary of government setting prices? When the government, rather than a free market, sets prices, political considerations rather than sound economics determines those prices. AzWm Surely, then, you are against the government subsidizing farmers? |
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Post by aztecwin on Jan 16, 2014 14:21:30 GMT -8
Yes, of course I was aware of the situation you mention. Why would such awareness make me anything other than wary of government setting prices? When the government, rather than a free market, sets prices, political considerations rather than sound economics determines those prices. AzWm Surely, then, you are against the government subsidizing farmers? I would expect he is. I know that I am. |
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