http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/should-private-insurers-be-kept-in.html medical blog Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:53:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/should-private-insurers-be-kept-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-88965 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:42:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/should-private-insurers-be-kept-in-the-health-reform-mix.html#comment-88965 From what I know about the Netherlands' health system, the private and public sectors work together well. However, it's hard for me to be optimistic about the private sector cooperating unless the situation is something like the misnamed 'Medicare Advantage' (which seems advantageous only to the insurance companies). YMMV. From what I know about the Netherlands’ health system, the private and public sectors work together well. However, it’s hard for me to be optimistic about the private sector cooperating unless the situation is something like the misnamed ‘Medicare Advantage’ (which seems advantageous only to the insurance companies). YMMV.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/should-private-insurers-be-kept-in.html/comment-page-1#comment-88963 Anonymous Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:35:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/12/should-private-insurers-be-kept-in-the-health-reform-mix.html#comment-88963 No. We should eliminate the private sector from everything. Not just health insurance but all forms of insurance and commerce. Businessmen are greedy, dishonest, and corrupt. Government is reliably honest, beneficient, and efficient. Get rid of wasteful variation in the marketplace. Find out what is the most efficient automobile for urban transportation and produce only that one. The government could define the ideal standard meal and produce only that product in it's restaurants. Everyone would be healthy and happy and their would be no problems in society. No. We should eliminate the private sector from everything. Not just health insurance but all forms of insurance and commerce. Businessmen are greedy, dishonest, and corrupt. Government is reliably honest, beneficient, and efficient. Get rid of wasteful variation in the marketplace. Find out what is the most efficient automobile for urban transportation and produce only that one. The government could define the ideal standard meal and produce only that product in it’s restaurants. Everyone would be healthy and happy and their would be no problems in society.

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