I feel like the health care plan is the new bush presidency. Every thread seems to end up being about it.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > gMoney wrote: > > It's every American's right to lead a shitty lifestyle, and unfortunately > > many Americans take that option. All the taxes and warning labels and > > incentive plans have failed to stem that tide to date...it's reasonable > to > > assume that trend will continue. > > > > Yeah, but we really don't have any decent incentives. how about this: > > Yearly tests that accompany physicals. High cholesterol? ZING! > Smoker? ZING! Fitness test score low? ZING! And I'm not talking > small hits, I'm talking big ones. > > That's not going to help with people that can't afford insurance, and > you really can't penalize them, but it would help the mainstream. > > And you can tax junk food and soda while subsidizing organic local farmers. > > Not a magic bullet, but it would be a really nice part of a broader > solution: > > (1.) Mandatory coverage. > > (2.) Catastrophic public coverage. > > (3.) Well regulated private insurance markets including providers! > > (4.) Access to portable group insurance outside of your employer > > (5.) Fiscal policy to incent desired behavior. > > We have to move from an emergency management system to a health care > system, and we have to leverage competition to keep supply-side costs > and finance costs at a minimum. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301769 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
