Comments on: ‘Health-Status Insurance: How Markets Can Provide Health Security’

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:11:51 +0000

We would have to not only eliminate the federal government from monkeying in the mess but also get rid of the state regulations. The elderly (e.g. AARP) who currently mooch off the younger would never allow it. These ideas might be workable in a free society if we ever have a free society – which is, sadly, NOT the direction we are heading towards. It should be noted that in today’s world, much “insurance” pays not for catastophic events like cancer and heart attacks but for routine medical visits – I did not see that distinction in Cochrane’s analysis (I admit that I skimmed) – since some people might opt for “catastrophic” only and be happy to contract “rates” with preferred providers for routine procedures in a free market.

By: Roger Chaillet

Roger Chaillet — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:44:48 +0000

They’ll tax the pennies on your eyes. http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Beatles%20Lyrics/Taxman%20Lyrics.html

As for the proposal, thank God.

I found out I had malignant melanoma last summer. I now have health insurance, but did not at the time. I hope something like this comes to pass and soon.

By: Steve Hogan

Steve Hogan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:53:37 +0000

A naive question: where in the U.S. Constitution does it give the government the authority to regulate health care, provide health care “insurance” (not legitimate insurance by any measure), or to socialize health care?

If every feel good, bleeding heart liberal pipedream can be shoved through the regrettable commerce clause loophole, one wonders why we have a constitution at all. Whatever the majority can shove down the minority’s throat is considered legitimate, which is the sorry state in which we find ourselves.

When our money is worthless and everyone except the elite are destitute, it’ll be entertaining to see who they’ll try to soak for the hand-outs. The Chinese?