Comments on: Let’s watch the expensive failure of socialized health care http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/08/lets-watch-the-expensive-failure-of-socialized-health-care/ Politics. Alabama Style. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:08:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/08/lets-watch-the-expensive-failure-of-socialized-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-7710 Brian Thu, 09 Aug 2007 03:28:56 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/08/lets-watch-the-expensive-failure-of-socialized-health-care/#comment-7710 My favorite quote: <blockquote>The history of state health reform initiatives (and there's quite a history) is a tale of false hopes and great disappointments.</blockquote> You could replace state with national and the sentence would read the same. All of the state plans seemed to have suffered the same fate: they were too expensive to be sustainable through economic cycles. Why would we think that it would be any different at the national level where we have suffered significant ups and downs. The root problem is reality. Even the article mentioned that one of the country's most wealthy states, Massachusetts, is barely able to afford their latest and greatest plan. The national government can't even broaden that same plan without taxing MA and other rich states even more to provide it to the poor states. It is expensive enough to divvy up our finite health care among those who earn it through their productivity - we can't afford to just give it to everyone. Oh, and kiss all those great medical advances goodbye when the government effectively implements price controls in the health sector. All those "greedy" companies out there toiling away to generate innovative products so that they can make money in a pseudo-free market will significantly curtail their research spending because the potential for return will be diminished. My favorite quote:

The history of state health reform initiatives (and there’s quite a history) is a tale of false hopes and great disappointments.

You could replace state with national and the sentence would read the same. All of the state plans seemed to have suffered the same fate: they were too expensive to be sustainable through economic cycles. Why would we think that it would be any different at the national level where we have suffered significant ups and downs.

The root problem is reality. Even the article mentioned that one of the country’s most wealthy states, Massachusetts, is barely able to afford their latest and greatest plan. The national government can’t even broaden that same plan without taxing MA and other rich states even more to provide it to the poor states. It is expensive enough to divvy up our finite health care among those who earn it through their productivity – we can’t afford to just give it to everyone.

Oh, and kiss all those great medical advances goodbye when the government effectively implements price controls in the health sector. All those “greedy” companies out there toiling away to generate innovative products so that they can make money in a pseudo-free market will significantly curtail their research spending because the potential for return will be diminished.

]]> By: Talmadge East http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/08/lets-watch-the-expensive-failure-of-socialized-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-7705 Talmadge East Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:30:50 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/08/lets-watch-the-expensive-failure-of-socialized-health-care/#comment-7705 It should be noted that a lot of liberals <a href="http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/59047/" rel="nofollow">question whether state's should try to undertake this effort themselves for a variety of reasons.</a> It should be noted that a lot of liberals question whether state’s should try to undertake this effort themselves for a variety of reasons.

]]> By: Sniper One http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/08/lets-watch-the-expensive-failure-of-socialized-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-7694 Sniper One Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:47:39 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2007/08/08/lets-watch-the-expensive-failure-of-socialized-health-care/#comment-7694 You don't need to look any farther than Walter Reed and Tri-Care to see shining examples of how Socialized medicine doesn't work. You don’t need to look any farther than Walter Reed and Tri-Care to see shining examples of how Socialized medicine doesn’t work.

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