Re: US Health care Expensive and Inefficient
Masterblaster said:
The question in my mind is... IS healthcare a right or is it something that is earned ?
To what degree do we owe people with little means the very best healthcare ?
Is such an obligation unlimited or is there a reasonable limit of which we will pay no more ?
Healthcare could, if we let it, take all of the available resources. So what is the correct balance of healthcare welfare ?
This is a discussion that needs to take place in the healthcare debate. Right now we skirt the issue.
Some would say it falls under the "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" clause.
I would be happy if they just made federal law for the health insurance standards,
so we could eliminate all the different state regulations, with this standardization,
there could be more competition, more efficiency, and less expensive insurance.
I'd support tort reform and put absolute limits on pain and suffering, something
like a 1 million, because this is were the huge settlements come in.
I'd support the idea of buying drugs from outside the US over
the internet. Ever see the sweet heart deals drug companies make with other
countries BTW? google for "Merck Brazil drug deal" to get an idea. They can
do this because they are screwing Americans!
I support elimination of prescriptions for many drugs that would not be used
for recreation purposes. If you can't read a label, too bad!! I say promote
Darwinism!
I'd support subsidized the insurance, children under 18 would ALWAYs be
covered, healthy & young wouldn't pay anything.
Raise SS taxes to pay for it, add a little extra to handle SS problems.
Eliminate the max rate for SS as well instead of capping like they do
now. SS tax on all the income, especially all the bonuses give to the
big execs these days. I would have a 50% tax rate for over $500K
Max limit payout of $1 mil, you want more, buy more insurance.
I think that will equally piss off both dems and reps.
TJ