tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842322452036253800.post362207755637879713..comments2014-11-21T11:05:20.907-05:00Comments on Daily Mosteller Weekly: #136 Health-Care Reform and "the Poor"Dr. J.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07894182824294280532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842322452036253800.post-29105564156889149772009-08-04T07:01:16.571-04:002009-08-04T07:01:16.571-04:00To jdmiii---
Thanks for your comment. Have read a...To jdmiii---<br /><br />Thanks for your comment. Have read article by "Colonel" Moran and main problem is,among others: he still would entrust life-and-death health-care coverage SOLELY to profit-driven insurance companies. Currently, one person EVERY SECOND goes bankrupt in this country due to medical costs, and 50% of those HAVE INSURANCE. We're talking major money monopolistic monolith here: tax breaks or "shopping across state-lines" will do little, I fear, to topple it.<br /><br />But I want to talk more about this and also the specious "co-op" crapola floating around Washington in a regular post. I think the very next one. Watch for it.<br /><br />As for the Libertarian angle, his piece is entitled "A capitalist approach ... " Related, but different. Anyway, based on Libertarian principles, I've sort of declared Universal Health Care a unique species, immune from basic Libertarian principles. See DM #122.<br /><br />Cheers.Dr. J.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07894182824294280532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7842322452036253800.post-51248372863412415292009-08-02T15:54:45.609-04:002009-08-02T15:54:45.609-04:00Hi There.
Here is a Libertarian approach that d...Hi There. <br /><br />Here is a Libertarian approach that does not require income redistribution. It is not as good as universal health care, to which I am a reluctant but enthusiastic convert, but it is a lot better than what is floating around Washington right now:<br /><br />http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-op_moran_0802aug02,0,718677.storyjdmiiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13129838852613214321noreply@blogger.com