tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955204.post8056231564566713701..comments2020-12-02T13:06:23.368-06:00Comments on Apologies and Confessions: Cherry-Picking in Health CareMichael James Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666000367238039443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955204.post-40578689333084176222013-10-25T21:39:56.028-05:002013-10-25T21:39:56.028-05:00Without quibbling over details or pointing to coun...Without quibbling over details or pointing to counter examples, I would say that your description of the business of health insurance is mostly accurate. And the comment from O'Young is not without merit. Hospitals need a lot of reform. However, it should be noted that ObamaCare is driving private practices out of business and pushing more care into big hospitals.<br /><br />I do not think the solution to the evils of insurance is to put the Federal Government in charge (albeit indirectly) through a complicated scheme administered by people who continue to demonstrate their incompetence. You're right, we have a health INSURANCE system that has taken over and corrupted health CARE. The solution is not more of the same. <br /><br />The solution is to make people see and feel the connection between their choices and what they pay. The solution is to have people pay more of their own health care costs directly and to be able to negotiate prices. The solution is to address the behaviors in our society that are contributing to increasing health costs (an area where Michelle Obama actually has a point). The solution is more competition and personal responsibility. The solution is to have insurance be less important in everyday health care. And the solution is to make health care less expensive.Lance Brownhttps://www.facebook.com/llbrown4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36955204.post-48351674214217998062011-02-28T23:16:15.024-06:002011-02-28T23:16:15.024-06:00You are correct, America does not have a healthcar...You are correct, America does not have a healthcare system - we have a health insurance system. A healthcare system would imply proactive, preventative care, rather we have a reactive problem resolving system.<br /><br />Obama's healthcare reform is first and foremost insurance reform. There is a lot of other reform going on behind the scenes for hospitals (present-on-admission tracking, reduction of 30 day readmissions, reduction of hospital acquired conditions and infections, reduction in complications, etc.). This is good stuff and is needed and will not going away, even if the health insurance reforms are thrown out, but this is still not preventative, upstream reform. People are still stupid and make foolish health choices, such that the cost of healthcare continues to go up. Wake up America and exercise that sense of responsibilty people like to point to for enabled behaviors.O'Youngnoreply@blogger.com