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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Now, why do you need government to do this, beyond a mandate and a subsidy to those who can't afford it?
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Not Me was assuming you need a government to require catastrophic coverage. There's a market failure here. So we're just debating what sort of government role would best address it.
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If there's a bureaucracy either way, would you prefer it to be federal employees or private sector cos.?
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All else equal, I don't care.
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I just don't see why if it's private sector, having the government intervene beyond a mandate is likely to make things better. Unless you want to do it to advance a redistributive agenda, which is an entirely different matter.
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Because the mandate is not the sort of thing that will work well. You know that lots of people will not sign up.
No, it's not a redistributive agenda. I'm working within Not Me's parameters.
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The only thing that having it run by gov't is that you ensure 100% participation. But to those who say "I prefer not to join" I say fuck 'em, and refuse 'em at the ER door.
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You have got to be kidding me. Doctors won't and can't do this, so the question is whether you're going to decline to pay doctors who treat these people. And if you won't, they'll find some other way to hit your for this money.
