Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Should we have more freedom or less freedom in the purchase of health insurance?

More freedom: The right to decide whether to buy health insurance or to self-insure; greater choices among policies offered by private insurers; the right to carry a policy across state lines; the right to choose for ourselves what will and won't be insured. Less freedom: A government requirement to purchase health insurance with fines or jail for those who do not buy policies; a single government-mandated policy rather than choices among policies; mandated coverage of abortion; government panels to decide whether we will be treated or denied treatment.
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More freedom, essentially by opening up the current market to more competition across state lines will essentially flush out those companies that are charging too much. As we have already seen the government can not find their way out of a paper bag with the lights on, why in the world would we want them to destroy our great health care system too. It would be just like the post office and Amtrak over budget and mismanaged with poor results in the end. Rationed health care would be an awful thing.
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