http://healthblog.ncpa.org/paying-for-cancer-therapies/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 01:28:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://healthblog.ncpa.org/paying-for-cancer-therapies/comment-page-1/#comment-97136 Kartik Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:23:45 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3002#comment-97136 Insurance companies should NOT pay for routine expenses and preventitive care - it defeats the purpose. They've been paying for that stuff AS WELL as very expensive and sometimes experimental treatments. HSAs are great because people can use that to pay for routine and preventitive care - which will be cheaper because providers will compete for US, the consumers! Insurance companies should NOT pay for routine expenses and preventitive care – it defeats the purpose. They’ve been paying for that stuff AS WELL as very expensive and sometimes experimental treatments. HSAs are great because people can use that to pay for routine and preventitive care – which will be cheaper because providers will compete for US, the consumers!

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/paying-for-cancer-therapies/comment-page-1/#comment-42080 Rick Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:36:23 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3002#comment-42080 Even if it's not a normal market, the insurance companies are generally more reliable than the legislature. Even if it’s not a normal market, the insurance companies are generally more reliable than the legislature.

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/paying-for-cancer-therapies/comment-page-1/#comment-42079 Joe S. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:27:08 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=3002#comment-42079 If insurance were a normal market, I would agree. Unfortunately, the market is dominated by large, bureaucratic institutions. If insurance were a normal market, I would agree. Unfortunately, the market is dominated by large, bureaucratic institutions.

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