Posted by: Larry Hooks
Comment: #1
Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:39 AM
First why should the well be obligated to take care of the sick. A solution to the insurance problem could be as simple as removing the mandate that treatment can't be turned down. Once a person owes and does not pay, he could be turned down. The burden would be on the irresponsible. It's nearly impossible to collect child support now. We don't need another program. The only solution is to admit we can't afford our current system and change it to something radically different. For instance, take the money spent on advertising and put it on reducing insurance rates. I'm all for socialized medicine myself.
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Posted by: L Rhodes
Comment: #2
Mon Mar 3, 2008 2:39 PM
LIABILITY INSURANCE is required for autos to protect others, but not collision is not. What about all the other "freeloaders"? How about mandates for flood (now subsidized), hurricanes, fire, earthquakes, etc. Why should responsible people keep bailing them out?
Government programs are not the answer. They just increase costs and hurt the middle class. We had to economize to pay health ins when my employer closed until becoming eligible for medicare, which is going broke. I feel sorry for the young people, who have to pay for us and will never have the benefits. We pay extra now so we can have choices. My nephew had to get special permission to choose the hospital for his daughter's open heart surgery and now they cannot contue to go there for follow-up. My relatives in UK have socialised medicine. They often have long waiting times, expecially for specialists, altho the children get quite good care. The poor on medicaid get far more coverage than the average policy.
There is now state and federal coverage for low income families, but thousands are not enrolled. Why????
I don't like mandates, perhaps some standardization in policies of different levels would help.
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