tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post4075870705179469750..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Economists Square-Off on Healthcare@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-76986043534798017332009-07-02T18:30:42.548-04:002009-07-02T18:30:42.548-04:00Sure worked for phone service, didn't it?Sure worked for phone service, didn't it?OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-64018281341783140852009-07-02T13:45:07.899-04:002009-07-02T13:45:07.899-04:00suek:
Without undermining our shared aspirations ...suek:<br /><br />Without undermining our shared aspirations toward tort reform, another policy change would improve America's healthcare system: <a href="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2009/03/miracle-cure.html" rel="nofollow">severing the link between employment and insurance</a> via <a href="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2008/05/mccain-on-healthcare.html" rel="nofollow">elimination of the tax deduction for employer-sponsored health insurance</a> (paired with income tax cuts <a href="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2009/06/health-of-america-part-11.html#6736331243332905172" rel="nofollow">so as to be revenue-neutral</a>), unleashing <a href="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2009/05/soviet-healthcare-history.html" rel="nofollow">competition among private insurers at the consumer level</a> and <a href="http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2007/09/healthy-supplement.html" rel="nofollow">giving individuals incentives to be cost-conscious</a> (including a greater role in over-testing choices).@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-1970398348391014502009-07-02T13:06:37.152-04:002009-07-02T13:06:37.152-04:00Nothing will change unless tort reform is addresse...Nothing will change unless tort reform is addressed.<br /><br />Maybe the government run federal health program will eliminate medical malpractice lawsuits? I'm not sure how, but that's about the only way they're going to control costs.<br /><br />For example...O has mentioned the fact that "unnecessary" tests are done. Why are they done??? Because doctors want to forestall malpractice suits. So...if the health insurance limits the tests that can be done, does that free the doctor from the possibility of lawsuits? If it does, doesn't that lessen the rights of patients in cases where malpractice is a real cause of a problem? If the health insurance limits the tests - how do we know they'll limit the _right_ ones? They may eliminate the one test that confirms or suggests a diagnosis to solve the person's problem.<br /><br />My own solution would be to require that juries for malpractice suits be composed of doctors, and if malpractice is found, the offending doctor has his license pulled or suspended - depending on the severity of the malpractice.sueknoreply@blogger.com