Thursday, March 29, 2007
Single payer ills, part 2
Panda Bear is on a roll with a follow-up missive against single-payer health care. He tries to explain it as simply as possible for those blindly support such an ill-conceived measure:In the quasi-single payer system of Medicaid and Medicare we have today, the goverment fixes the price at such a low level that those who decide to let the dog into their practice have to run a high volume business. If the last vestige of restraint was removed from the government to at least pretend to meet a reasonable market price, the bid price for health care would fall so low that any available excess production capacity would be held back from the market in the ancient tradition of all producers in the face of price fixing, to be sold for the real price to those who can afford it. In this case this would be the same people who have health insurance now, except in a Single Payer world this would be through supplemental insurance or its functional equivalent. That is until the government that promised not to get involved in any other way but providing insurance outlaws this practice.
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the fact that PandaBear is getting so many comments and hits on his site, when his may be the dumbest defense of the status quo I've ever seen--not to mention factually challenged at several points--makes me very depressed about the general level of education in medical schools.
But I note he's an ex-Marine. Perhaps the quality and service in that organization is dreadful too. After all, that's a socialized organization as well.
But I note he's an ex-Marine. Perhaps the quality and service in that organization is dreadful too. After all, that's a socialized organization as well.
It must be nice to feel superior to those who would die for you and your way of life. I'm sure you've done a lot to merit that.
estnihil
estnihil
# posted by 
: 5:31 PM
: 5:31 PM
You insult our troops and physicians and think that people will want to see things your way because you are brilliant. That's the dumbest thing I've read in along time. You still have Mom and apple pie to bash if you want to.
# posted by : 5:36 PM
: 5:36 PM
Matthew Holt said:
"...defense of the status quo..."
Panda attacks the single-payor proposition, he is not defending the status quo. The two are not the same.
"...defense of the status quo..."
Panda attacks the single-payor proposition, he is not defending the status quo. The two are not the same.
# posted by : 8:46 PM
: 8:46 PM
The difference between the status quo and single payor, is in the first you get nibbled by all sorts of nagging injustices that you can avoid or remedy if you set your mind to it. In the second you just have to bend over and take it from the big boy and can't do anything about it.
It is like the diffence between being screwed by an employer, and being a slave. Neither is defensible, but the later is not an advisable remedy to the former.
It is like the diffence between being screwed by an employer, and being a slave. Neither is defensible, but the later is not an advisable remedy to the former.
# posted by : 6:54 AM
: 6:54 AM
Here is a revised comment that hopefully will not be removed. I don't think my first one was too bad??
Matthew is British. He dreams of the day that he can enslave the US population under the same type of single-payer healthcare nightmare that he left behind in the UK. Unfortunately, unlike him, his British compatriots are still suffering under the crushing weight of a faceless government run single-payer system. Additionally, as a consultant, he hopes to handsomely profit from the implementation of such a draconian system in the US.
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Matthew is British. He dreams of the day that he can enslave the US population under the same type of single-payer healthcare nightmare that he left behind in the UK. Unfortunately, unlike him, his British compatriots are still suffering under the crushing weight of a faceless government run single-payer system. Additionally, as a consultant, he hopes to handsomely profit from the implementation of such a draconian system in the US.
# posted by : 8:57 AM
: 8:57 AM
