Comments on: The Parente/Feldman/Pauly Health Reform Plan http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-parentefeldmanpauly-health-reform-plan/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 13:13:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Larry C. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-parentefeldmanpauly-health-reform-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-47100 Larry C. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:40:47 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5990#comment-47100 Bret, it's definitely Obama lite. Bret, it’s definitely Obama lite.

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-parentefeldmanpauly-health-reform-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-47086 Devon Herrick Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:38:25 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5990#comment-47086 Each stakeholder has a different vision of what an ideal health care system would look like. These visions tend to be in conflict. If health care is free -- it will be over-consumed. If health care is high tech -- it will be costly. If health care is both free and high-tech, the expenditure will be enormous. Health care is a scarce and valuable resource. All scarce resources must be paid for in some way and rationed to prevent shortages. Liberals want health care that is paid for (and rationed by) government. Conservatives want health care paid for directly and rationed by consumers. The only other choice is to designate a third party to ration care. Yet people complain when insurers or employers ration care. Each stakeholder has a different vision of what an ideal health care system would look like. These visions tend to be in conflict. If health care is free — it will be over-consumed. If health care is high tech — it will be costly. If health care is both free and high-tech, the expenditure will be enormous.

Health care is a scarce and valuable resource. All scarce resources must be paid for in some way and rationed to prevent shortages. Liberals want health care that is paid for (and rationed by) government. Conservatives want health care paid for directly and rationed by consumers. The only other choice is to designate a third party to ration care. Yet people complain when insurers or employers ration care.

]]> By: Bret http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-parentefeldmanpauly-health-reform-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-47085 Bret Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:22:06 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5990#comment-47085 I think this is Obama lite. I think this is Obama lite.

]]> By: Bruce http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-parentefeldmanpauly-health-reform-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-47083 Bruce Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:35:48 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=5990#comment-47083 Why are so many "conservatives" advocates of managed competition? Why are so many “conservatives” advocates of managed competition?

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