Comments on: Trivial Pursuit http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 15:09:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Taking a Closer Look at Trivial Pursuit | John Graham | NCPA http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-60010 Taking a Closer Look at Trivial Pursuit | John Graham | NCPA Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:32:15 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-60010 [...] Trivial Pursuit [...] [...] Trivial Pursuit [...]

]]> By: Gail Wilensky http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-59961 Gail Wilensky Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:57:24 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-59961 You are making a point that I have been making for some time. Republicans should say--yes we agree with most of the insurance "reforms"...for the most part, they were only issues for people in the individual insurance market (and then only in some states)...affecting potentially as many as 17 million but not the 165 million in group insurance. Now let's focus on where the money is being spent and the power is being exercised....There's a reason that the Dems keep focusing on the other... Sometimes I wonder about our guys... You are making a point that I have been making for some time. Republicans should say–yes we agree with most of the insurance “reforms”…for the most part, they were only issues for people in the individual insurance market (and then only in some states)…affecting potentially as many as 17 million but not the 165 million in group insurance. Now let’s focus on where the money is being spent and the power is being exercised….There’s a reason that the Dems keep focusing on the other…
Sometimes I wonder about our guys…

]]> By: Charles Johnsen http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-59952 Charles Johnsen Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:17:25 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-59952 Pre-existing, free care, non citizen, etc. All of these are tiny problems compared to the monster "solution" of Big Bro Care, aka Orwell's 1984. Even today these laws (can't deny care, must cover knee scrapes, etc.) are shifting costs to those who pay for care and insurance with their own money. If Congress is so sure these are good things, then they should pay for them and not force us to pay for them through the back door. The Constitution has, after all, a provision about "takings," government take property without fair market value. Pre-existing, free care, non citizen, etc. All of these are tiny problems compared to the monster “solution” of Big Bro Care, aka Orwell’s 1984. Even today these laws (can’t deny care, must cover knee scrapes, etc.) are shifting costs to those who pay for care and insurance with their own money. If Congress is so sure these are good things, then they should pay for them and not force us to pay for them through the back door. The Constitution has, after all, a provision about “takings,” government take property without fair market value.

]]> By: Beverly Gossage http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-59913 Beverly Gossage Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:57:26 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-59913 Blake,you are absolutely right! I might add that I don't believe 30 million more will be insured. Many of those will pay the fine and others will avoid detection. Blake,you are absolutely right!
I might add that I don’t believe 30 million more will be insured. Many of those will pay the fine and others will avoid detection.

]]> By: Nancy http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-59879 Nancy Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:41:36 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-59879 Good post. Right on the mark. I've come to expect that from your Health Alerts. Good post. Right on the mark. I’ve come to expect that from your Health Alerts.

]]> By: Steven Pettit http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-59872 Steven Pettit Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:28:04 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-59872 John-Thank you for continuing to spread the truth around, it's a welcome change. I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to toss the TV out the window listening to these people who couldn't find the truth with a flashlight. Steven Pettit IQHSA.com John-Thank you for continuing to spread the truth around, it’s a welcome change. I can’t tell you how many times I have wanted to toss the TV out the window listening to these people who couldn’t find the truth with a flashlight.
Steven Pettit
IQHSA.com

]]> By: Blakle Woodard http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-59868 Blakle Woodard Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:44:28 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-59868 John – You are a great American, as is Dr. Chris Ewin, a true health care innovator, who also left a comment to your column. I have sold a heck of a lot more health insurance in my life than either you or President Obama, but now I suppose the president is the Insurance Agent in Chief. There is one area that you and NCPA need to do a lot more education: Pre-existing conditions. Just this week the Fort Worth Star-Telegram quoted two local Republican congressman, Dr. Michael Burgess and Joe Barton, as saying they want to repeal the health law but would retain the ban on pre-existing condition exclusions. John, pre-existing condition exclusion limitations are an absolute actuarial necessity of any voluntary insurance program, be it for healthcare, life, disability, auto, home, etc. Absent an exclusion on pre-existing conditions, no one would buy insurance until they had a claim. Even the Republicans don’t get this right and continually denounce pre-existing condition exclusions. John –

You are a great American, as is Dr. Chris Ewin, a true health care innovator, who also left a comment to your column. I have sold a heck of a lot more health insurance in my life than either you or President Obama, but now I suppose the president is the Insurance Agent in Chief.

There is one area that you and NCPA need to do a lot more education: Pre-existing conditions. Just this week the Fort Worth Star-Telegram quoted two local Republican congressman, Dr. Michael Burgess and Joe Barton, as saying they want to repeal the health law but would retain the ban on pre-existing condition exclusions. John, pre-existing condition exclusion limitations are an absolute actuarial necessity of any voluntary insurance program, be it for healthcare, life, disability, auto, home, etc. Absent an exclusion on pre-existing conditions, no one would buy insurance until they had a claim.

Even the Republicans don’t get this right and continually denounce pre-existing condition exclusions.

]]> By: Chris Ewin, MD http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-59838 Chris Ewin, MD Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:42:35 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-59838 It's not just COST and QUALITY that should appeal to the general voter. The ACCESS problem will soon be staggering as more PCP's (estimated 46%) leave their practices...They can throw all the money at training new physicians..but it takes 10 years and even then..they are wet behind the ears.... It’s not just COST and QUALITY that should appeal to the general voter.
The ACCESS problem will soon be staggering as more PCP’s (estimated 46%) leave their practices…They can throw all the money at training new physicians..but it takes 10 years and even then..they are wet behind the ears….

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-59834 Devon Herrick Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:47:34 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-59834 Most of the so-called "reforms" only apply to the individual market. Most of these ideas have already been tried failed; causing premiums to skyrocket, prompting healthy enrollees to bail -- decimating the individual market in the process. The only new element is the individual mandate (and weak employer mandate) that is supposed to (somehow) make everything work perfectly despite decades of economic theory taht suggests otherwise. Most of the so-called “reforms” only apply to the individual market. Most of these ideas have already been tried failed; causing premiums to skyrocket, prompting healthy enrollees to bail — decimating the individual market in the process. The only new element is the individual mandate (and weak employer mandate) that is supposed to (somehow) make everything work perfectly despite decades of economic theory taht suggests otherwise.

]]> By: Don Levit http://healthblog.ncpa.org/trivial-pursuit/comment-page-1/#comment-59832 Don Levit Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:31:09 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=10006#comment-59832 I have come to realize it is not what you know that counts. When I was growing up I had learned that "knowledge was power." Now, I realize that knowledge is knowledge, a virtue for its own sake. Power is money, as in corporate special interests, corporate welfare. This appears to be a private industry giveaway, an insurers' paradise, a present from the taxpayers. However, the eventual result seems to be a single payor system , with insurers serving as administrators, not risk takers, like we have in Medicare and Medicaid. If I am right, where is the logic behind sustainable reform? Don Levit I have come to realize it is not what you know that counts.
When I was growing up I had learned that “knowledge was power.”
Now, I realize that knowledge is knowledge, a virtue for its own sake.
Power is money, as in corporate special interests, corporate welfare.
This appears to be a private industry giveaway, an insurers’ paradise, a present from the taxpayers.
However, the eventual result seems to be a single payor system , with insurers serving as administrators, not risk takers, like we have in Medicare and Medicaid.
If I am right, where is the logic behind sustainable reform?
Don Levit

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