Comments on: Universal Health Care: When the Bills Come Due http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/05/14/universal-health-care-when-the-bills-come-due/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:25:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/05/14/universal-health-care-when-the-bills-come-due/#comment-1191 Catron Mon, 14 May 2007 18:04:38 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/05/14/universal-health-care-when-the-bills-come-due/#comment-1191 It would be immeasurably worse if attempted at the federal level. This type of "reform" has been incredibly expensive wherever it has been tried. Extended over 300 million people, it would be a disaster. I agree that the system needs reform, but I would go in the opposite direction (i.e. deregulation, reallignment of tax incentives, free-market innovation, etc.). More government isn't the answer. It would be immeasurably worse if attempted at the federal level. This type of “reform” has been incredibly expensive wherever it has been tried. Extended over 300 million people, it would be a disaster.

I agree that the system needs reform, but I would go in the opposite direction (i.e. deregulation, reallignment of tax incentives, free-market innovation, etc.). More government isn’t the answer.

]]> By: John Seiffer http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/05/14/universal-health-care-when-the-bills-come-due/#comment-1190 John Seiffer Mon, 14 May 2007 17:32:26 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2007/05/14/universal-health-care-when-the-bills-come-due/#comment-1190 I'm not surprised that a single state trying to pay for universal health care would find itself at a disadvantage. That doesn't mean if you distribute the cost more fairly - across the entire nation - that it won't be a worth while investment. As a nation, we pay more per capita for health care and have worse health statistics than most of the developed world. Something is certainly wrong with our current system we're not getting our money's worth. I’m not surprised that a single state trying to pay for universal health care would find itself at a disadvantage. That doesn’t mean if you distribute the cost more fairly - across the entire nation - that it won’t be a worth while investment.

As a nation, we pay more per capita for health care and have worse health statistics than most of the developed world. Something is certainly wrong with our current system we’re not getting our money’s worth.

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