* Federal-pay health insurance is no more complex than the post office. If patients can choose their own doctors, and the method of payment is the only real change, then there's no reason to think the federal government couldn't handle the simple task of writing the check. They manage that every day.
* It is true that profit-seeking drug companies have produced fabulous new medications. They've also orphaned ones that were too expensive to produce or had too small a market. They've realized, too, that the weight-loss industry is where consumers will pony up hard cash for their medications without looking too closely at the effectiveness
* Profit drives some kinds of innovation, but, in fact, I think most economic studies will show that the innovators are almost never the ones who profit. The profit is nearly always made with the next level -- the ones who refine and develop what innovators have already created.
* All those famous foreign dignitaries who came to the US for their health care -- none of them came with insurance. They are all wealthy enough to choose to go anywhere. For the average person, that's not something that they can do, even if they live next door to the Mayo Clinic.
* I would be happier if Dick Cheney were lying down with his eyes closed. Again -- I think he's paying out of his own pocket, not with health insurance for his fabulous health care.
Part 5
* If it's true that people with high deductible health insurance plans keep themselves in better condition, then why don't more independant insurance companies offer it to individuals?
Part 6
* Yes, I would love to have a doctor give me his cell phone number
* I'm not convinced that the clinics in Wal-Mart are so great. I got poor eye exams there every time.
* I believe that the cheap generics of common drugs available at all pharmacies only came into existence at the insistence of the federal government
* The final dig at Michael Moore just reinforces what I've said -- there's plenty of money to be made in the weight loss industry. And, I'm certain Michael Moore didn't use health insurance to pay for it.
* Federal-pay health insurance is no more complex than the post office. If patients can choose their own doctors, and the method of payment is the only real change, then there's no reason to think the federal government couldn't handle the simple task of writing the check. They manage that every day.
* It is true that profit-seeking drug companies have produced fabulous new medications. They've also orphaned ones that were too expensive to produce or had too small a market. They've realized, too, that the weight-loss industry is where consumers will pony up hard cash for their medications without looking too closely at the effectiveness
* Profit drives some kinds of innovation, but, in fact, I think most economic studies will show that the innovators are almost never the ones who profit. The profit is nearly always made with the next level -- the ones who refine and develop what innovators have already created.
* All those famous foreign dignitaries who came to the US for their health care -- none of them came with insurance. They are all wealthy enough to choose to go anywhere. For the average person, that's not something that they can do, even if they live next door to the Mayo Clinic.
* I would be happier if Dick Cheney were lying down with his eyes closed. Again -- I think he's paying out of his own pocket, not with health insurance for his fabulous health care.
Part 5
* If it's true that people with high deductible health insurance plans keep themselves in better condition, then why don't more independant insurance companies offer it to individuals?
Part 6
* Yes, I would love to have a doctor give me his cell phone number
* I'm not convinced that the clinics in Wal-Mart are so great. I got poor eye exams there every time.
* I believe that the cheap generics of common drugs available at all pharmacies only came into existence at the insistence of the federal government
* The final dig at Michael Moore just reinforces what I've said -- there's plenty of money to be made in the weight loss industry. And, I'm certain Michael Moore didn't use health insurance to pay for it.
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