The Case For Required Government Health Care Payment System
By: Doug Busselman, Executive Vice President
Under the version of the just-passed government health care payment legislation (there’s a reason we aren’t going to call it “health insurance”, but we’ll get to that point later), the law, if passed in a similar fashion by the U.S. Senate, will require everybody to purchase a health care payment program. Those who question whether having government require such a mandate are subject to insightful accounts, such as this piece, where their views can be berated by more knowing experts who better understand why government force is in our best interest.
Reading about the “externalities” that cause the market to not operate properly (providing affordable health care insurance) it’s interesting to see how the expert analysis places emphasis on how the uninsured are to blame, whereas government mandates of what is required to be provided – to who – isn’t even mentioned. The choice between health insurance purchase or an i-pod is used as an example to show how out of touch those who believe in market forces are, but the example of how one person painting their house for the good of the neighborhood is viewed as a noble good.
As to the reason why we aren’t going to refer to the government health care payment legislation in reference to the concept of “health insurance” – the product/service (or whatever it is) isn’t about “insurance” (which is a risk management tool that is not based on a pre-paid health care payment approach).
From the standpoint of what we can expect on a moving forward basis, we will be anticipating more and more hit pieces like the “news” account from the Las Vegas Sun and further insights from expert economic analyst who are going to help us understand why government-forced purchases (perhaps with some level of government assisted payments) is the solution which justifies the socialized medicine system we are going to receive…for the betterment of us all.
Under the version of the just-passed government health care payment legislation (there’s a reason we aren’t going to call it “health insurance”, but we’ll get to that point later), the law, if passed in a similar fashion by the U.S. Senate, will require everybody to purchase a health care payment program. Those who question whether having government require such a mandate are subject to insightful accounts, such as this piece, where their views can be berated by more knowing experts who better understand why government force is in our best interest.
Reading about the “externalities” that cause the market to not operate properly (providing affordable health care insurance) it’s interesting to see how the expert analysis places emphasis on how the uninsured are to blame, whereas government mandates of what is required to be provided – to who – isn’t even mentioned. The choice between health insurance purchase or an i-pod is used as an example to show how out of touch those who believe in market forces are, but the example of how one person painting their house for the good of the neighborhood is viewed as a noble good.
As to the reason why we aren’t going to refer to the government health care payment legislation in reference to the concept of “health insurance” – the product/service (or whatever it is) isn’t about “insurance” (which is a risk management tool that is not based on a pre-paid health care payment approach).
From the standpoint of what we can expect on a moving forward basis, we will be anticipating more and more hit pieces like the “news” account from the Las Vegas Sun and further insights from expert economic analyst who are going to help us understand why government-forced purchases (perhaps with some level of government assisted payments) is the solution which justifies the socialized medicine system we are going to receive…for the betterment of us all.
Posted by Doug Busselman at 11/12/2009 6:34 AM 
Categories: Nationalized Health Care
Tags: National Health Care Congressman Dean Heller Congress
Categories: Nationalized Health Care
Tags: National Health Care Congressman Dean Heller Congress
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