Dear Mr. President: I am writing you today because I am outraged at the notion of involving government in healthcare decisions like they do in other countries. I believe healthcare decisions should be between myself and my doctor.
Well, that is not strictly true. I believe healthcare decisions should be between myself, my doctor, and my insurance company, which provides me a list of which doctors I can see, which specialists I can see, and has a strict policy outlining when I can and can’t see those specialists, for what symptoms, and what tests my doctors can or cannot perform for a given set of symptoms. That seems fair, because the insurance company needs to make a profit; they’re not in the business of just keeping people alive for free…
Dear Mr. President (via clint) (via chartier)
I call bullshit.
Assuming those against a particular change are for the status quo is wrong.
For example: are you against the ALF torching SUVs? Then you must love climate change.
Those with a coherant wordview of limited government is aghast at the potential for more government involvement in medecine, and also aghast at the current level of involvement that warps incentives to
- tie health insurance to your job
- involve insurance companies at all for regular care
- minimize the availability of cheaper health care
Remove tax incentives for companies to insure employees, and licensing requirements for basic coverage, and you’d have cheaper health care that doesn’t go away when you lose a job. And less government involvement.
