| Our scary insurance/healthcare dilemma |
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| Thursday, 02 August 2007 | |
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“According to the new ABC News poll on healthcare, Americans are eager to have the government force employers to provide health insurance: Nearly 8 in 10 favor a federal requirement that all employers offer insurance to their full-time workers. "Why?!…Do our employers pay for our food, clothing or shelter? If they did, why would that be good? Having my healthcare tied to my boss invites him to snoop into my private health issues, and if I change jobs, I lose coverage. Employer-paid health insurance isn’t free. It just means we get insurance instead of higher salaries… Insurance invites waste. That’s a reason healthcare costs so much, and is often so consumer-unfriendly. In the few areas where there are free markets in healthcare—such as cosmetic medicine and LASIK eye surgery—customer service is great, and prices continue to drop…But many people still want a free lunch: Consumer-driven care looks less popular if it’s accompanied by the risk of higher out-of-pocket expenses. “Somehow people seem to believe “insured” means free." —John Stossel |
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