  | | Health Care Debate | 11/05/2009 05:38:39 pm by Dan Krohn | |  |
| As seems to be unfortunately typical in the modern U.S.A., the country appears crippled on the issue of health care. That great change needs to occur is well established. In the U.S.A. twice as much is spent per capita on health care than is spent in any other country, while the quality of health care does not make it into the top ten. Most personal bankruptcies are health related. That's enough to justify substantial change.
Yet, we are an extremely divided country with everyone out for himself, rather than the health of the country as a whole; and any proposal not seen as perfect by a majority faces tremendous opposition.
U.S. get real. There is no perfection in health care delivery. We need to settle for something less, and we can do that and still experience great improvement. Yet, it seems most likely that nothing of real consequence will change - leaving millions of Americans with no insurance will little access to health care and leaving millions more to go broke paying high insurance premiums for too little coverage.
Unfortunately this blogger's idea would not stand a chance, because it would get Washington altogether out of it, but leave government heavily involved. Specifically, this blog proposes that the states be empowered to do whatever they want regarding health care with no federal interference. Emphasis on "whatever". So if a state decided to outlaw health insurance altogether - okay. If a state decided to have a tax to fund socialized medicine in that state - okay. If a state decided to do nothing and let the market work it out - okay. Eventually we'd see what works and what doesn't.
Yes, that's a pretty wild idea - trusting the state governments to do a better job than the feds, but would we really lose? Unfortunately, many of those who call themselves conservatives want the federal government calling the shots - contrary to true conservatives of old - because of their lobbying power in Washington. And many liberals don't think anything can be handled on a state basis. Oh well, food for thought. | | |
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