[Vision2020] Health Care

[Tony]

Kai - a current of reason in a sea of liberal orthodoxy.  

I too feel queasy trusting the government with the delivery of health care.  The tales of Canadian care I have heard are not reassuring.  Of course there will always be those who are more comfortable with centralized, government solutions as opposed to private sector initiatives.  These elitists view themselves as the "anointed" and us as the "benighted" in need of their guidance.  We are too ignorant to make our own arrangements and are therefore not to be trusted to formulate policy.

Thanks again Kai for pointing out the problems inherent in socialized services.

Best wishes,   -T
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kai Eiselein 
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:52 AM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Health Care


  Ok, so 5% doesn't sound like much..... until you figure out the millions upon millions of dollars involved.
  Sooooooo, limit the amount that can be awarded and punish lawyers/law firms that bring frivolous suits. 
  Doctors won't have to spend as much for coverage and will be able to charge more reasonable rates, more reasonable doctor's fees would help bring more reasonable insurance rates.
  Medical insurance companies have a right to charge more for higher risk consumers. Why should it be any different than, say, auto insurance? Drivers convicted of DUIs pay more than drivers who haven't ever had a ticket. More risk, more money. 
  Smokers, alcoholics and illicit drug users are all taking a risk, and should pay more for an insurance company to do the same.
  But the real question is, do you trust your government enough to decide what is right for you?
  What can the government do, that private industry cannot do better?
  After all, the government isn't interested in saving money, there is no incentive to. They'll just get more from the taxpayer. Then they'll need more and more bureaucrats to run the programs, at a higher and higher cost, with no accountabilty, which will cost all of us even more.
  Remember, this is the same government that couldn't deal with a hurricane and pays outrageous prices for toilet seats. It spent thousands developing a pen that would write in the weightlessness of outer space, the Russians used pencils.
  The more of your choices/responsibilties you are willing to give to your government, the more control that government will have over you.
  Sorry kids and Mouseketeers but I can't trust a government that can't even control its own borders, can't deal with a natural disaster and doesn't have enough sense to save money by using a pencil.


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