On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, let's break this out, because you have separate problems: > > (1.) The top problem is rising costs of health care. In other words > the size of the bills and frequency that providers and facilities > charge is rising much faster than inflation or your wages.
People are being treated more now than ever, people are being diagnosed with more illnesses and getting more prescriptions. The only way to stop it is to limit care, is that a solution? > (2.) Access to health care financing plans is shrinking. I don't know anything about that. > (3.) Portability of financing plans doesn't exist. > > Near as I can tell Obama's proposal would: > > a.) Not do much for costs that I can see It would throw the healthy folks in jail for not paying part of the burden. > b.) Provide "universal health care" by creating a government insurance > company called "the public option" Forced care. > c.) Not address portability unless you qualified for the "public option" All old plans will expire and you will only have the public option. > Your suggestions seem to make a tiny dent in access to financing, but > would nothing to stop the cost trends and since that's what's limiting > access to financing in the first place, how is that a solution? Keeping people alive and healthy is expensive. I think it's worth paying a little more. The system we have works, improve it gradually and make it better. Many people that don't have insurance don't have jobs, under Obama they would still be forced to buy insurance or go to jail. How do they feed themselves? > Personally I think "the public option" is moronic since you don't > reward failed regulators with a whole company (that they failed to > regulate in the first place), but I guess it makes sense to some > people somehow. > > Since I'm assuming you'd be against that, what is it you're for? I'm for blocking anything the Democrats want that costs money. at least for them to read the bill. How about the $3 billion to move Capt Morgan in the stimulus bill? These people need to be kept away from the purse strings. > Cause as I've pointed out your suggestions so far wouldn't do shit to > solve anything. You're looking to solve problems that don't need solving. I'm looking to improve on a great system not replace it with a failed one. > So what's your substantive plan to fix rising costs - the core problem? Rationing care? Tax cuts so more people can go back to work and afford the increases ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:305120 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
