Health Costs
By Ike
If you have health insurance, you may not have any sense of urgency toward the ‘need’ for national health insurance. What is the big rush? Why don’t we take our time and ‘get it right.’
If you have insurance, you probably have an annual maximum of $5000 or $10,000 out of your pocket (not counting premiums of course). You can afford that hit, right?
What about that good-for-nothing bum who got laid off two months ago and “can’t afford” the $1250 per month health insurance premium that his former employer generously offered him.
From 2000 to 2006 inflation rose 18% and wages rose 20%. Insurance premiums? They rose 87% during that same time. Do you wonder why your deductible, coinsurance, copays and premiums keep skyrocketing? Do you think your premiums will ‘level out’ any day now?
If you think sticking your head in the sand will solve this, good for you, but don’t stand in the way of those who need this.
I am a free market advocate, but free market does not, and will not, solve all ills. Free market does not police our towns, put out fires or fix potholes. Free market does not defend the United States. Government does all that.
There are 47 million people in America who can tell you that ‘free market’ does not protect them from health-related financial ruin. Only government can do that. Free markets work well for commodities. There is legitimate competition for your burger dollars, or for cars.
Health care is not a commodity. We need to stop treating it like it is.
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