Comments on: The End of Private Insurance http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/08/24/the-end-of-private-insurance.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/08/24/the-end-of-private-insurance.html/comment-page-1#comment-17806 Michael Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/08/24/the-end-of-private-insurance.html#comment-17806 <p>Are they tired old repeats, or just an attempt at being cautious (remembering, perhaps, the spanking Hillary got in the early 90s)?<br /> <br /> On another topic, how long do you suppose it'll be before they have to start limiting access to genetic information in the same way (hopefully more stringently) that they currently limit access to credit information?</p> Are they tired old repeats, or just an attempt at being cautious (remembering, perhaps, the spanking Hillary got in the early 90s)?

On another topic, how long do you suppose it'll be before they have to start limiting access to genetic information in the same way (hopefully more stringently) that they currently limit access to credit information?

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/08/24/the-end-of-private-insurance.html/comment-page-1#comment-17807 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2007/08/24/the-end-of-private-insurance.html#comment-17807 <p>"Are they tired old repeats, or just an attempt at being cautious (remembering, perhaps, the spanking Hillary got in the early 90s)?"<br /> <br /> Both.<br /> <br /> Many people suspect that corporations are able to print money, and assume that employer-provided healthcare is somehow cheaper for them than socially provided healthcare. Hence the cautiousness.<br /> <br /> The backwardness should go without saying. Further warping the employment -- to say nothing of the health care -- market away from maneuverability is perhaps the only way the current system could be made worse.</p> “Are they tired old repeats, or just an attempt at being cautious (remembering, perhaps, the spanking Hillary got in the early 90s)?”

Both.

Many people suspect that corporations are able to print money, and assume that employer-provided healthcare is somehow cheaper for them than socially provided healthcare. Hence the cautiousness.

The backwardness should go without saying. Further warping the employment — to say nothing of the health care — market away from maneuverability is perhaps the only way the current system could be made worse.

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