Why did efforts to centralize healthcare fail in the early 1990s but succeed today? Baby boomers are now older, grayer, and scared out of their wits by the economic crisis’s effect on their retirement. FULL ARTICLE by Christopher Westley
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Fifty Links to Our Healthcare Future?
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But if, according to all polls I saw, the majority of the American people were opposed to the bill, could it be that the unemployed and baby boomers were not the reason it passed, but the desire of a narcissistic president, using questionable means and underhanded arm twisting to “make history”?
The links really do make me ill. The constant theme is that the Canadian government will have to deliver the best possible products and services to the deserving people at their current cash flow into the system plus as much money as can come from loans and currency devaluations.
This is right out of the problems encountered in Socialism pointed out by Mises. He argued that entrepreneurs should deliver all services as they are the only ones interested in satisfying individuals and the only ones capable of taking advantage of the information at their disposal. Government is only interested in growing their scope and power over society.
Free Americans can petition their federal and state representatives to pass a constitutional amendment stating that American citizens are free and cannot be required to purchase a product or a service by the federal or state government. This could be used as a litmus test to divide politicians into pro freedom politicians or pro government politicians. Americans who value their freedom above all simply need a clear choice. The current party in power has even exceeded president Bush and his group.
Speaking of Canadian health care … I am just back from spending the morning at a public hospital for a kidney stone attack. I had to spend an hour lying on the floor in agony because there were no beds and no gurneys available. It was really embarrassing (for them). The guard said, “what if there’s an emergency and we have to use this hallway?” The waiting room was packed with the usual gomers – kids with cough and fever, old people with dizziness or chest pains (DOC: “Aren’t you tired of coming to emergency all the time?” … GOMER: “I no want pacemaker!”), and a drug addict angling to get percs.
The next time you see a lefty blogger ranting about how “the rest of the world enjoys [sic] universal health care”, try to imagine laying on cold, hard terrazzo waiting for your number to be called so you can get an aspirin and have a five minute consultation with a doctor.
LOLcat says, “Hoap and chainge – ur doin it rong Amerikuh”.
“True hope, however, is a theological virtue but not an economic one. In healthcare, we are about to witness, again, what happens when faith and reason become divorced.”
Wait…what?
Why did efforts to centralize healthcare fail in the early 1990s but succeed today? Baby boomers are now older, grayer, and scared out of their wits by the economic crisis’s effect on their retirement.
When the premise of an article is wrong, there’s little temptation to finish it.
The reason centralized health care passed this year is that the left-wing of the Democratic Party was desperate to pass it at any cost — including this fall’s elections. Clear majorities have been shown to be against it by every honest poll that’s been conducted.
I’ve listened to my generation be smeared for a lifetime now and I’m pretty tired of it. In fact, there is probably no group of Americans more opposed to this “reform” than the Boomers.
Put some more thought into your writing; this was facile.
What opting out are you talking about for education?You still have to finance the government schools while paying the additional tuition for the government licensed and regulated private school. How can you describe this as being able to opt out?
Being able to opt out means not having anything to do with the government run program. This means that I do not finance it and I am not deprived from buying whatever type of educational service, or in this case, medical service, that I want. This also means that the sellers of medical services can sell whatever people are willing to buy. Anything short from this cannot be considered opting out from anything.
Some factors:
- Better coopting of industry, especially insurers, than in 1990′s
- Republicans in weak position to prevent, due to electoral fallout from GWB admin
- Trend toward not paying any heed to voter preferences in recent years
- Reckless government fiscal climate
What a copious collection of links! Thanks. The most amazing aspect of this “reform” is that they honestly believe they can create a state insurance company that charges competitive prices and thus brings private insurance “to heel”. I have yet to see a state-run health insurance scheme that can live on its own members’contributions without an extra funding from taxpayer (or debt) money. And getting worse year by year.
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