6 responses

• smckenzie23 Feb 08, 2008
   

  I'm not sure I even trused the WSJ before Rupert Murdoch bought it. Now I'm really not sure. There may be a few good points in there, but I would guess the author wouldn't approve of the system up here in Soviet Canuckistan either...

   
• smckenzie23 Feb 08, 2008
   

  And it is pretty good up here.

   
• notgneiss Feb 09, 2008
   

  I'm sure the author wouldn't approve of a single-payer government insurance system, but I think that misses the point. If you're going to compel individuals to purchase private insurance from a list of approved private providers, and seize their property if they refuse to comply, what kind of regime

   
• notgneiss Feb 09, 2008
   

  are you establishing? If I decide to assume my own risk of catastrophic care, and to opt out of the insurance pool, is it legitimate for the state to override my decision?

   
• notgneiss Feb 09, 2008
   

  Don't get me wrong, though -- I'm not arguing that the system isn't broken. I served on the board of a non-profit pediatric health service agency, a group that served low-income and immigrant communities, for six years. Access to care and access to insurance is a huge problem. I just don't see how

   
• notgneiss Feb 09, 2008
   

  compulsory private insurance is going to be a workable solution.