Comments on: OBAMACARE & PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/obamacare-pre-existing-conditions/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:17:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/obamacare-pre-existing-conditions/#comment-447727 Marc Brown Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:52:55 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/obamacare-pre-existing-conditions/#comment-447727 I've seen some naked self-interest here David but Hsieh's brand of 'morality' takes you to a new low. So the 'moral' position is for big business to make money out of other people's illness, and a national insurance system is immoral, when of course the opposite is true. His - and your - proposition for ever descending tiers of insurance from the wealthy downwards - with the high risk poor never to get the care offered to the wealthy and having to trash around attempting to get help in 'high risk pools' - is about the most immoral position you can take. These are people here not fish farms. And as for loading up plans with extra insurance to guarantee insurance - yes, that's a real winner for the poor. And I'm still waiting for your disclosure on how much stock you hold in health insurance companies... I’ve seen some naked self-interest here David but Hsieh’s brand of ‘morality’ takes you to a new low. So the ‘moral’ position is for big business to make money out of other people’s illness, and a national insurance system is immoral, when of course the opposite is true. His - and your - proposition for ever descending tiers of insurance from the wealthy downwards - with the high risk poor never to get the care offered to the wealthy and having to trash around attempting to get help in ‘high risk pools’ - is about the most immoral position you can take. These are people here not fish farms. And as for loading up plans with extra insurance to guarantee insurance - yes, that’s a real winner for the poor. And I’m still waiting for your disclosure on how much stock you hold in health insurance companies…

]]> By: Paul Hsieh, MD http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/obamacare-pre-existing-conditions/#comment-447695 Paul Hsieh, MD Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:09:29 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/09/13/obamacare-pre-existing-conditions/#comment-447695 Thanks for highlighting Cochrane's ideas; they deserve wide circulation! Unfortunately, the Republicans appear ready to capitulate to the Democrats on this topic of pre-existing conditions, rather than mounting any kind of principled defense of the free market. For more on this, please see my recent article in the Fall 2009 issue of The Objective Standard: "How the Freedom to Contract Protects Insurability" http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2009-fall/freedom-to-contract-protects-insurability.asp Thanks for highlighting Cochrane’s ideas; they deserve wide circulation!

Unfortunately, the Republicans appear ready to capitulate to the Democrats on this topic of pre-existing conditions, rather than mounting any kind of principled defense of the free market.

For more on this, please see my recent article in the Fall 2009 issue of The Objective Standard:

“How the Freedom to Contract Protects Insurability”

http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2009-fall/freedom-to-contract-protects-insurability.asp

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