Comments on: The Government is Already Rationing Health Care http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-government-is-already-rationing-health-care/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-government-is-already-rationing-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-46829 Devon Herrick Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:29:18 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5753#comment-46829 That's one of the problems with an open-ended entitlement. We could just about spend our entire GDP on health care as new treatments (both effective and ineffective) are developed. The tax rates will have to rise in order to cover the cost. Yet, there will be no easy way to make the trade-off consumer's commonly make (e.g. do I buy a Ferrari and live in it? Or should I buy a Chevrolet and a house?) That’s one of the problems with an open-ended entitlement. We could just about spend our entire GDP on health care as new treatments (both effective and ineffective) are developed. The tax rates will have to rise in order to cover the cost. Yet, there will be no easy way to make the trade-off consumer’s commonly make (e.g. do I buy a Ferrari and live in it? Or should I buy a Chevrolet and a house?)

]]> By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-government-is-already-rationing-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-46808 Larry C. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:32:51 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5753#comment-46808 Bruce, it's going to get a whole lot worse. Bruce, it’s going to get a whole lot worse.

]]> By: Brian W. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-government-is-already-rationing-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-46807 Brian W. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:51:22 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5753#comment-46807 When the Medicare entitlement was passed in 1965, did anyone envision it would be paying $30,000 a pop for implantable defibrillators? MRIs, gene therapy and modern titanium knee replacements hadn’t been invented yet. Not only does the static, inflexible Medicare bureaucracy have a hard time keeping up with new medical technology, Medicare financing has fallen completely behind. To date, Medicare has promised to pay for tens-of-trillions of dollars of future medical procedures that haven’t even been invented yet. No wonder they need to ration. When the Medicare entitlement was passed in 1965, did anyone envision it would be paying $30,000 a pop for implantable defibrillators? MRIs, gene therapy and modern titanium knee replacements hadn’t been invented yet.

Not only does the static, inflexible Medicare bureaucracy have a hard time keeping up with new medical technology, Medicare financing has fallen completely behind. To date, Medicare has promised to pay for tens-of-trillions of dollars of future medical procedures that haven’t even been invented yet. No wonder they need to ration.

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-government-is-already-rationing-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-46806 Bruce Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:39:10 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5753#comment-46806 Hey, it's going to get worse. A lot worse. Hey, it’s going to get worse. A lot worse.

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