Comments on: Business’s Buyer’s Remorse, Health Insurer Oligopoly, and More Expensive Placebos Offer More Pain Relief http://healthblog.ncpa.org/business%e2%80%99s-buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-health-insurer-oligopoly-and-more-expensive-placebos-offer-more-pain-relief/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Mon, 21 May 2012 15:26:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Virginia http://healthblog.ncpa.org/business%e2%80%99s-buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-health-insurer-oligopoly-and-more-expensive-placebos-offer-more-pain-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-68104 Virginia Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:02:02 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11500#comment-68104 Bruce, My friends have all been trying to convince me to "borrow" their children. I'm thinking that it might be some sort of conspiracy, only I can't decide if it's to get me to have children or to convince me not to have them. ; ) Plus, I'm not sure that I ever really needed a child fix. Chocolate, yes. Wine, yes. Pasta, yes. Children... not so much. Bruce,

My friends have all been trying to convince me to “borrow” their children. I’m thinking that it might be some sort of conspiracy, only I can’t decide if it’s to get me to have children or to convince me not to have them. ; )

Plus, I’m not sure that I ever really needed a child fix. Chocolate, yes. Wine, yes. Pasta, yes. Children… not so much.

]]> By: Don Levit http://healthblog.ncpa.org/business%e2%80%99s-buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-health-insurer-oligopoly-and-more-expensive-placebos-offer-more-pain-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-68096 Don Levit Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:37:18 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11500#comment-68096 Larry: I agree with you. With insurers having to provide medical loss ratios of 80%, every year, it seems that only the biggest will survive. I guess this is what the administration thought would be beneficial for society - having a few large insurers that resemble the federal government. Don Levit Larry:
I agree with you.
With insurers having to provide medical loss ratios of 80%, every year, it seems that only the biggest will survive.
I guess this is what the administration thought would be beneficial for society – having a few large insurers that resemble the federal government.
Don Levit

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/business%e2%80%99s-buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-health-insurer-oligopoly-and-more-expensive-placebos-offer-more-pain-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-68095 Bruce Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:26:24 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11500#comment-68095 Virginia, why couldn't you just rent a kid for a day or borrow a sister's or cousin's kid for a weekend whenever you need a "child fix." Only kidding. Virginia, why couldn’t you just rent a kid for a day or borrow a sister’s or cousin’s kid for a weekend whenever you need a “child fix.”

Only kidding.

]]> By: Virginia http://healthblog.ncpa.org/business%e2%80%99s-buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-health-insurer-oligopoly-and-more-expensive-placebos-offer-more-pain-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-68093 Virginia Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:10:59 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11500#comment-68093 I'm personally waiting for it to become more socially acceptable to outsource the child bearing process. That, and I've gotten quite a bit of education. I don't really want to spend the next dozen years being a soccer mom. I’m personally waiting for it to become more socially acceptable to outsource the child bearing process. That, and I’ve gotten quite a bit of education. I don’t really want to spend the next dozen years being a soccer mom.

]]> By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/business%e2%80%99s-buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-health-insurer-oligopoly-and-more-expensive-placebos-offer-more-pain-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-68092 Larry C. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:52:42 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11500#comment-68092 I'm afraid the WellPoint prediction is spot on. In fact I believe that people are going to find it increasingly hard to find individual insurance over the next four years. I’m afraid the WellPoint prediction is spot on. In fact I believe that people are going to find it increasingly hard to find individual insurance over the next four years.

]]> By: Neil http://healthblog.ncpa.org/business%e2%80%99s-buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-health-insurer-oligopoly-and-more-expensive-placebos-offer-more-pain-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-68091 Neil Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:38:46 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11500#comment-68091 If placebos work at all, and I'm not sure about that, but if they do, it stands to reason that more expensive ones would work better. If placebos work at all, and I’m not sure about that, but if they do, it stands to reason that more expensive ones would work better.

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/business%e2%80%99s-buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-health-insurer-oligopoly-and-more-expensive-placebos-offer-more-pain-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-68090 Bruce Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:36:27 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11500#comment-68090 Given the huge investment of time and money (and the poor prospects of getting much back during your retirement years) it is not surprising that highly intelligent adults are not having kids. Given the huge investment of time and money (and the poor prospects of getting much back during your retirement years) it is not surprising that highly intelligent adults are not having kids.

]]> By: Tom H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/business%e2%80%99s-buyer%e2%80%99s-remorse-health-insurer-oligopoly-and-more-expensive-placebos-offer-more-pain-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-68089 Tom H. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:33:01 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=11500#comment-68089 On the Business Roundtable, it reminds me of the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over an over again and expecting a diffent outcome. Guess what? The out come wasn't different. On the Business Roundtable, it reminds me of the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over an over again and expecting a diffent outcome. Guess what? The out come wasn’t different.

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