Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia on How Much Government Will Americans Tolerate in Their Medicine
Given the complete collapse of the government’s defense of ObamaCare at the Supreme Court, with any luck, we’ll have a majority on the bench willing to put the law out of its misery this summer. But what should we replace it with? Reason Foundation Senior Analyst examines the recent Reason-Rupe and other polls to see what Americans want in their health care. She concludes in her morning column at The Daily:
Americans are not dogmatically opposed to government intervention in health care markets. But their intuitions are more in line with advocates of consumer-based medicine who believe that the best way to control spiraling costs — the key to improving access — is to give patients more control over their medical dollars and inject a modicum of price sensitivity into our health care system.
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death panels yo
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"But what should we replace it with?"
Fee for service.
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Keep the govenment out of medicine, abortion it is a right to privacey for all wommin.
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"You got your government in my medicine!"
"You got your medicine in my government!"
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Nice reset!
+2
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Behindertsein ist schön
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Start by making health expenditures including health insurance non-taxable money for INDIVIDUALS.
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No byline and this? "Reason Foundation Senior Analyst...?" What's with all the mystery, Shikha?
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what should we replace it with
NOTHING, FOR FUCK'S SAKE!! REPLACE IT WITH - NOTHING!!!
*head explodes*
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I can think of something to replace it with, it's just that it ain't gonna happen
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The Affordable Hookers and Blow Act?
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Ugh, This is government you're talking about. I can barely afford any hookers and blow as it is.
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Of course, you're right. Never mind.
*hangs head in shame*
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I'll note that in response to all of the fucking mandates on my insurance company, my rates just shot up 14%. Thanks for all the lowered costs Barry, you fuckstick.
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Yo - troof.
But, fortunately, my out-of-pocket expenses have also increased!
Oh, wait...