Comments on: Consumer Driven Health Care Turned Upside Down

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:32:02 +0000

I think that the most important issue this year is health care and that it should be a much bigger part of the political discussion. I work for Boldmouth Inc. and have had the privilege of working for the Divided We Fail sponsored film competition at UCLA that is highlighting this issue. It is called Stolen Dreams and everyone, regardless of their political views, should check it out. The website is http://www.stolendreams.com

By: Jon Ethington

Jon Ethington — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:36:56 +0000

The Country Doc:
Thanks for taking the time to leave such a detailed comment. I agree with most of what you say in principle about health insurance vouchers.
Here is one problem with it though based on my personal experiences. I am an Air Force veteran and while I was on active duty I received free health care through TRICARE. The TRICARE system is probably the closest thing to single payer insurance in the United States based on the way that it functions. If everyone can get a health insurance voucher to purchase insurance then what compels me to use the TRICARE system? Using vouchers would give me more privacy than having my military commander butt into my private medical affairs. Ironically, health insurance vouchers could reduce military readiness because a significant minority would opt out of the TRICARE system or possibly avoid military service altogether.

By: The Country Doc

The Country Doc — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:53:20 +0000

Consumer driven medicine is not necessarily at odds with a progressive agenda. One nice side effect of it is people are more aware of how ridiculously expensive everything is instead of thinking it’s free because the insurance company will pay for it.How about this for consumer driven medicine–everyone receives a voucher from the government for a basic health plan (business pays into a general fund instead of paying for employees insurance) and individuals can then use it to purchase a plan that meets their own needs. Let the employee, not employer pick–not that’s competition

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:17:34 +0000

Did you see the Bunk study stating 2/3 of doctors in America want National Health Care. The doctors who did this study also conducted one in 2002 and found that the majority of doctors did not want national health care, the problem with this is that the 2 question surveys drastically differ in there 2nd question. I found this article, 60% of Physicians Surveyed Oppose Switching to a National Health Care Plan, It’s worth a read.