Comments on: WHY GENUINE HEALTH REFORM HASN’T A PRAYER http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/05/20/why-genuine-health-reform-hasnt-a-prayer/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: spike http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/05/20/why-genuine-health-reform-hasnt-a-prayer/#comment-433840 spike Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:43:45 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/05/20/why-genuine-health-reform-hasnt-a-prayer/#comment-433840 I was wondering if you'd had a chance to read Atul Gawande's profile of healthcare in McAllen. Seems like McAllen is the logical extension of free-market healthcare. What are your thoughts? I was wondering if you’d had a chance to read Atul Gawande’s profile of healthcare in McAllen. Seems like McAllen is the logical extension of free-market healthcare. What are your thoughts?

]]> By: Seamus Muldoon MD http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/05/20/why-genuine-health-reform-hasnt-a-prayer/#comment-433835 Seamus Muldoon MD Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:44:40 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/05/20/why-genuine-health-reform-hasnt-a-prayer/#comment-433835 ...42% of Americans believe everyone in the United States should have free healthcare...AND a pony!! …42% of Americans believe everyone in the United States should have free healthcare…AND a pony!!

]]> By: Dr. Grumpy http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/05/20/why-genuine-health-reform-hasnt-a-prayer/#comment-433735 Dr. Grumpy Mon, 25 May 2009 02:50:52 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/05/20/why-genuine-health-reform-hasnt-a-prayer/#comment-433735 Agree. Healthcare (or anything) that is free has to be paid for somewhere along the line. The trick is to make the payments invisible. If it's coming out of your paycheck under withholding, it won't be free. But, if the same amount is lumped in with your federal withholding, and goes to pay insurance, people will think healthcare is free. After all, it doesn't specifically say on the paycheck where the money is going. Agree. Healthcare (or anything) that is free has to be paid for somewhere along the line.

The trick is to make the payments invisible. If it’s coming out of your paycheck under withholding, it won’t be free.

But, if the same amount is lumped in with your federal withholding, and goes to pay insurance, people will think healthcare is free. After all, it doesn’t specifically say on the paycheck where the money is going.

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