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A couple of good resources in re: our limping health care

Posted on: November 15, 2018 at 16:46:07 CT
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system and how to fix it.

John Stossel & Chris Pope do a pretty good job of pointing out the major flaws in Single Payer health care systems in this video:

https://youtu.be/8neTAW256Wo

I think Chris Pope is correct in asserting that having employers pay for health care is absurd.

It is too bad that John Steele Gordon didn't get that memo when he wrote "A Short History of Medical Insurance", but Mr. Gordon still wrote a great article... well worth reading:

https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/short-history-american-medical-insurance/
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A couple of good resources in re: our limping health care - JeffB MU - 11/15 16:46:07
     My biggest problem with insurance companies is they have no - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/15 17:51:30
          Thats an absurd statement. If they pay for HC costs - GA Tiger MU - 11/15 18:22:07
               because it also limits their profits(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/15 22:16:57
          Again, that is because of the current government interferenc - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:54:51
               correct. BO care makes it so(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/15 22:17:49
     Medicaid here in Arkansas on Jan 1 will go from single payer - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/15 17:29:28
          Go Hogs(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:30:37
               I am not against single payer, Medicaid works and is easier - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/15 17:36:06
                    Most of the best doctors don't take Medicaid... others - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:43:23
                         not true for peds, I'm sure there are some specialists - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/15 17:49:07
                              So government funding and government price controls? - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:53:33
                                   not all that diferent than ins co price controls - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/16 00:27:43
     Just pay for it - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 11/15 17:18:35
     The whole world is wrong except US rightwingers, uh huh(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:00:57
          not the whole world, just Canada & England & Norway - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/15 17:31:17
          Appeal to majority (nm) - pickle MU - 11/15 17:11:40
               No. Appeal to best case - what works - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:17:49
                    It does not work - Penske material ARMY - 11/15 17:47:58
          One of your more erudite responses, and yet - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:03:06
               You thought that was impressive ??? JESUS - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:17:01
                    What about the Canadians coming to the US for health care - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:41:04
                         Not really all that common and the waits in CA are not so - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:44:53
                              Thailand is far more free market than the US. You are - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:55:38
               It is tired bullsht - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:06:29
                    Why do canadians come to the US for healthcare???(nm) - TigerFan92 MU - 11/15 17:25:09
                         same reason Americans go to Mexico for some procedures - tigerinhogtown STL - 11/15 17:44:20
                         Very rare that they do that - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:29:03
                              BS and their doctors come here to work. My neighbors are - TigerFan92 MU - 11/15 19:51:45
                    You will always be ignorant - pickle MU - 11/15 17:12:53
                         when did you take moron pills pckle - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:21:57
     The Imprimus article is excellent. I get that every month(nm) - jmlppx MU - 11/15 16:48:22
          Yeah, me too. (nm) - JeffB MU - 11/15 16:49:04
     I want other people to pay for it. Rask and Mr Bluesky (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 11/15 16:47:45
          I don't - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:02:34
               Since 46% of wage earners DON’T pay federal income tax - Spanky KU - 11/15 17:13:45
                    Spanky - news flash chump - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:23:49
                         FEDERAL taxes! Yes it absolutely does! - Spanky KU - 11/15 19:20:44
                         Wow. Educate yourself(nm) - tman MU - 11/15 17:33:20
                              RE: Wow. Educate yourself(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:45:39
                                   46% pay NOTHING in Federal Income Taxes - Spanky KU - 11/15 19:21:48
                                   How much is withheld from people who won't pay taxes? - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:57:29
               You're contradicting yourself - pickle MU - 11/15 17:13:40
                    No - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:34:49
                         You are a little communist... or a big one. (nm) - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:59:24
               You didn't even follow the Obama care mandate - tman MU - 11/15 17:09:24
                    Talk about your triggers - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:25:36
               Did you watch the video & see how socialism plays out - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:03:50
                    I watched it. It was a joke - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 17:27:04
          You're already paying for it, Matt(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 16:52:10
               Not before Obamacare - Spanky KU - 11/15 17:14:29
               I don't want to. I want you to pay for it. (nm) - TigerMatt STL - 11/15 16:53:05
                    I already am. As are you - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 16:53:42
                         Because of government involvement & stupidity & - JeffB MU - 11/15 17:00:47
                         get gov't out of it completely (nm) - Sal KC - 11/15 16:54:15




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