What do you want me to say Germ? I cannot advocate something Unconstitutional.germloucks wrote:QUOTE (germloucks @ Dec 6 2011, 09:16 PM) My ideas only need to be passed once, yours need to be passed 50 times.
You really want to know my opinion? Despite it being illegal, I wouldn't be horribly unhappy with a copy of the Swiss system. I would never advocate for it though and I don't think it will end all of our problems.
However, here is an idea that you could couple into yours:
We can get a bit more heavy handed and outright ban health plans... allowing, at best, a HSA-ish plan with say a $5,000 deductible and a $2,000 pharmacy deductible. A catastrophic plan in the truest sense. To ease the impact to the poor we can have some sort of government guarantee of a Health Savings plan, some intricate tax law that will incentivize people to save money just in case... but if they fall below some threshold of savings the government will provide credit... some some undesirable stipulations or some such to prevent abuse of the more well off.
Such a plan would a) add a new layer of competition in the industry, b) make people see how much stuff really costs, and c) help our savings rate (not germane to the topic at hand, but a worthy effort by itself).
Medicare/Medicaid can be folded into this plan as well. There should be some savings to be seen without really impacting care... I suppose it would require some sort of mandate as well... but then... this plan is just sounding like a government mandated health plan anyways.
Coupled with your idea, it would probably have reasonable affect on the market, moreso than Obamacare. It would piss off even more people and the Insurance industry would probably be against it as well and the medical provider community would be absolutely irate.
Anyways you only know I'm arguing with you for the sake of arguing with you right? I would prefer to get back on the bash Gingrich, bring our troops home topic.
