Rustic23
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
The link is from the Congressional Budget Office Congressional Budget Office - Home Page. It was a 2003 paper 'How Many People
Lack Health Insurance
and For How Long?May 2003
While the information is 2003 and not 2006, it does not seem to me the numbers of people without insurance for an year, which were 21-31M should have climbed to 46m in three years.
Again, mine is not so much a quibble with the numbers as what people want to do. Is the system broke? If so why. What do you want to do about it.
While requiring people to get Health insurance that don't want it, because they don't think they need it does not seem very democratic to me. I guess you could use the motorcycle helmet reasoning, 'If they do need it we will have to pay for them so lets force them to have it" Of course if this is so, then they really aren't uninsured if 'we' are going to pay for them.
By the way, doesn't the Kaiser Foundation run a large HMO in California? If so how balanced is their survey?
Now the cynic in me. Follow the MONEY! There is a reason we don't have Universal Health Care/Insurance. Politicians bleed the Insurance companies for contributions. When they stop paying they will do something.
On the other side Insurance is a business. So, would you lend your car to a known drunk? The insurance business does not want them as a customer either. Well not at the same price as the non drunk. Likewise if you have a known medical condition, they don't want to insure you. It is the same reason you want insurance. A national high risk pool like FEMA might work. However, it would only have high risk individuals so either it would require government subsidies or sky high prices.
So I guess I am back to square one. What do you think we should do? As you and I have talked before, I am not against or for Universal Health/Insurance. Just tell me:
1. What does it provide
2. What is it going to cost
3. What is the long term effect on research
4. Who is going to pay
5. What is the effect on the health care profession
6. What are the legal aspects i.e. Lawyers, Doctors, Malpractice etc.
7. If put in place what will the health care system look like 5/10/15 years from now.
8. What is the effect on quality and quantity of health care
I am sure there are more questions. Right now, health care is a political football that is being kicked around, and like the Fair TAX/Flat Tax, I doubt it is going anywhere.
Lack Health Insurance
and For How Long?May 2003
While the information is 2003 and not 2006, it does not seem to me the numbers of people without insurance for an year, which were 21-31M should have climbed to 46m in three years.
Again, mine is not so much a quibble with the numbers as what people want to do. Is the system broke? If so why. What do you want to do about it.
While requiring people to get Health insurance that don't want it, because they don't think they need it does not seem very democratic to me. I guess you could use the motorcycle helmet reasoning, 'If they do need it we will have to pay for them so lets force them to have it" Of course if this is so, then they really aren't uninsured if 'we' are going to pay for them.
By the way, doesn't the Kaiser Foundation run a large HMO in California? If so how balanced is their survey?
Now the cynic in me. Follow the MONEY! There is a reason we don't have Universal Health Care/Insurance. Politicians bleed the Insurance companies for contributions. When they stop paying they will do something.
On the other side Insurance is a business. So, would you lend your car to a known drunk? The insurance business does not want them as a customer either. Well not at the same price as the non drunk. Likewise if you have a known medical condition, they don't want to insure you. It is the same reason you want insurance. A national high risk pool like FEMA might work. However, it would only have high risk individuals so either it would require government subsidies or sky high prices.
So I guess I am back to square one. What do you think we should do? As you and I have talked before, I am not against or for Universal Health/Insurance. Just tell me:
1. What does it provide
2. What is it going to cost
3. What is the long term effect on research
4. Who is going to pay
5. What is the effect on the health care profession
6. What are the legal aspects i.e. Lawyers, Doctors, Malpractice etc.
7. If put in place what will the health care system look like 5/10/15 years from now.
8. What is the effect on quality and quantity of health care
I am sure there are more questions. Right now, health care is a political football that is being kicked around, and like the Fair TAX/Flat Tax, I doubt it is going anywhere.