Trouble ahead for the American middle class

Free Republic | may 16, 2006 | jim shirreffs

[Rippin]

>>Too much. What should it be?

How do you know better than all other health care consumers combined?

How would you propose lowering it?

You obviously aren't in the field. Consumers have no control over American health care. It is controlled first by legislation and regulation directly - and indirectly and as the largest purchaser of services. It is controlled second by guilds with government protection. It is controlled third by the de facto requirements of numerous court decisions.

Even consumer choice is eliminated in many respects. Its basically the equivalent of going to a supermarket and being told you must purchase a whole shopping cart full of goods everytime. It is illegal to just get milk. Entry to the market is restricted in a dozen different ways.

Nothing can be done to fix it and it will completely government controlled within 15 years. All the infrastructure is being standardized (Providers forced to use identical numbers, payers forced to structure all transactions identically etc.) Americans are not willing to accept the consequences of freedom in this area so we will eventually give in to socialized medicine.

First we had Medicare Part A, then B, then C, and now thanks to our President we have Part D. What do you think Part E and F will look like?

[oblomov]

I do work in the health care industry.

I agree with you about the negative impact of overregulation and involvement in the industry.

But when you said that we were spending too much on health care, the implication is that even more government action should be taken to reduce it.

I think there should be less government involvement in health care, not more.

[Rippin]

I think there should be less government involvement in health care, not more.

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O.K. For me "too much" refers to cost imposed by government.

[Thunder90]

The thing is that the superrich hand it over to the leftists because of their naiveity and inherdiant weakness.

Lenin once said that the rich will sell the communists the rope by which they will be hanged.

[nopardons]

My dishes and glasses all come out absolutely SPOTLESS, from the dishwasher! Perhaps you don't use the right products, or forget to refill the JET Dry compartment.

You don't have to be any of the Bushes, to own and use antique Limoges or Wedgwood...I inherited my sets. Of course, I don't use these dishes every day...I don't want to hand wash them! It's bad enough that I have to hand wash the silver. :-)

[jpsb]

no reply, LOL, not surprising since I kicked your ass. You know nothing of history you are nothing but a propagandist for the communists that want to destroy the American Republic

[jpsb]

If I told you what i really think of you I would be banned from posting on FR. but I am going to push my luck, you now NOTHING of history, you are nothing but a clever propagandist for the NWO. Your are the useful fool of those that would enslave us. Try refuting my documentation I dare you. You can't. You have been exposed as a commistist plant,

[Paul Ross]

BUMP!

[jpsb]

thanks for the bump