When health care is too costly, make it free
There is a surge here in the Green Mt, rivaling that of Iraq, to beat the Feds to a health care fix. Of course, single payer is the only horse in the field, making it a sure er winner.
Fixing your quality of life
“If we don’t do something, it [rising health care costs] will just go on and on,” he said. “And the people of Vermont can’t afford it anymore.”
–Representative Francis McFaun, comments in the Rutland Herald, on his introduction of a bill to make hospital care free for all Vermonters.
Since Vermonters cannot pay for health care, according to McFaun, we need the government to pay the freight. Is he talking about the same of, by, and for the people, government? Are these the same folks who individually couldn’t afford health care before, now collectively can pay?
If you e-mail him at this address FMcFaun@leg.state.vt.us perhaps he can enlighten you on this manipulation of logic, producing this embarrassing legislation. It is far beyond my poor skills.
Maybe he’s a flatlander, that’s a viable explanation for this idiocy. We never grew natives this stupid up here in the past.
Crossing the pecuniary border and descending into the swamp of liberal economics, shows how the government, unlike businesses and individuals, can afford insurance. The governments in their fiscal ways developed a method of saving money. They don’t pay for the full cost of services, because they don’t have to; they’re the government. This decodes the cost problem for them, not for us. Providers cover the this shortfall by the “cost shift” which sends private insurance rates sky high. This problem occurred by government fiat; it should be to your dismay that the resolution will arrive the same way, which means no fix!
Affordable health care isn’t worth it, if it’s not available.
BENNINGTON — In order to avoid a $3.2 million deficit, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center plans to cut about $640,000 in salary expenses, which is expected to mean some job losses at the hospital, the largest private employer in Bennington County.
In a letter to employees sent on Friday and signed by members of the hospital’s budget variance committee and executive management team, officials said expenses at the hospital are so high they threaten the financial bottom line.
When the wonderful “quality of life” topic arises, the assumption is there are professionals and facilities around to treat you when you are sick or need an operation.
Using the British National Health Service as a model triggers some hesitation with this:
New Idea In Health Care …
Another way to cut health care costs
The Vermont legislature favors single payer health care systems like the British NHS. Unfortunately, “first do no harm,” that Platonic ideal, is in the morgue. Their triage is a bit harsh; you will get over it, or else.
February 6, 2008 at 8:33 pm | Trackback
