Health Care

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by tikiboy

Does the healthcare industry need a makeover? Yes.
Will the market take care of it? Yes.
Will government make it all better? Heck no.

While I know this is just bumper sticker philosophy - it's simplicity really irks me as the reality is both have to work together. The market is a powerful tool, but it's focus is profit and the creation of wealth (usually more short term these days) - and not necessarily the health and well being of it's citizens/market pool.

Likewise, while the government can be a cumbersome impedence, it is the tool we have to make sure our needs are met in the long-term.

Both have to play and striking the balance and division of duties is really the hard work that nobody wants to do.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

The market is a powerful tool, but it's focus is profit and the creation of wealth (usually more short term these days) - and not necessarily the health and well being of it's citizens/market pool.

Also, in pure market terms, pricing large portions of the population out of health care is a perfectly viable, and likely, option. They don't need to be affordable to everyone to make a profit. I'm kinda of the opinion that one's financial standing should have little to no bearing on one's right to receive medical care.