'Bama proposing obese state emps. pay more for insurance

Morrigoon · 09-02-2008, 10:44 PM

Therein lies the problem. One of my biggest fears of nationalized healthcare is allowing the government to decide for me.

On the other hand, if the government also insured the doctors, they could probably lower costs of providing the care! (Liability insurance, I mean).

How about a "voucher" system? You can take the basic (free) gov't plan, OR the gov't can pledge a certain amount to private carriers that insure you, and let the carriers compete for who gets the business. Which is basically what I said relating it to medicare (medicare supplemental insurance being a model)

09-02-2008, 10:44 PM	#25
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Therein lies the problem. One of my biggest fears of nationalized healthcare is allowing the government to decide for me. On the other hand, if the government also insured the doctors, they could probably lower costs of providing the care! (Liability insurance, I mean). How about a "voucher" system? You can take the basic (free) gov't plan, OR the gov't can pledge a certain amount to private carriers that insure you, and let the carriers compete for who gets the business. Which is basically what I said relating it to medicare (medicare supplemental insurance being a model) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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