Health Care

[tikiboy]

The healthy paying for others' misfortune or irresponsiblity is how the health care industry has always worked. It always will.

I also feel that everyone regardless of how much they make should recieve some form of health care. But the proposals that have been brought forth so far by the California legislature or by proposition haven't been the solution.

A couple of posts have made light of people's fears of socialism(i.e. socialism...bad). The fact is we already live in a "mixed economy" where socialism is present(i.e. Medi-Cal)

The govt has shown me that it is not capable of taking on something as important as health care. I feel it is best left to private industry where the search for the almighty dollar will foster change. We're already seeing it now. In my health care options at work the HMO and PPO options are being priced out, but new and innovative health care solutions are appearing that most people take part in(Ex: Lumenos)

That's the beauty in trusting the market. When a service becomes overpriced or burdensome(PPO and HMO respectively) there will always be something to compete against it.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Yeah, something will replace it. I just hope it works better.