Link of the Day [4.10.09]

broderic on April 10, 2009

The problem of universal health coverage is “[t]o mandate that everyone purchase health insurance, as many have suggested, would require that the government specify what constitutes adequate coverage — in other words, what health conditions an insurance policy would need to cover.”

So no need for universal health coverage, because then the government will tell us what medical coverage we can get, and we certainly don’t need the government controlling our health. And we certainly don’t need the government telling the free market on what it can cover. The free market will take care of everything.

With a free market system we can give tax breaks to people to seek their own coverage in the health insurance market, but we’ll need to adjust the market so that “state mandates that require insurers to cover certain conditions, which make it expensive to offer individual policies, could be removed.”

But that is the crux of the health insurance problem isn’t it?

Without universal coverage, insurers will decide on who to insure, and in the health insurance business you want to minimize what you spend so that you want to cover only the healthiest people out there. The healthy don’t go in for any costly treatments. Eliminating the need to cover certain conditions would eliminate those people with those conditions from ever being able to receive insurance, and it would give the health insurance industry cover as they drop all sick people from their plans.

That’s why we want universal coverage, so that no one, no matter their health gets insurance. The cost of scale should make it then cheap for everyone.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/opinion/09ponnuru.html

PWND

broderic on March 29, 2009

Thanks, Louisville, you fucks. There goes my bracket.

I was eating at Bateman’s last night as Villanova wins. Half the crowd cheered on that lay up the other half groaned. It was cheers for our brackets! That put me into money contention. Louisville, you fucks, ruined it today.

For a good laugh in these tough times

broderic on March 26, 2009

http://www.gop.gov/solutions/budget/road-to-recovery-finalRead this document and you'll laugh out loud numerous times. You'll see
newspeak in action. Here's a few choice nuggets."Those who like the health insurance they have now likely will not be
able to keep it because their employers will stop providing coverage."
(pg 6)"Republicans believe that the tax code should not penalize savings and
thrift, especially in a period of economic
turmoil. Our plan would lower the capital gains tax and loosen
restrictions on various savings vehicles in order for individuals to
catch up and replace losses from the market." (pg 10)"Americans realize that the future of energy is in alternative and
renewable sources. In order to promote the development of renewable and
alternative energy, Republicans support promoting the leasing of federal
lands which contain alternative energy such as oil shale." (pg 13)"Democrats assume that the free-market system has failed and that a more
robust federal government must now rescue the nation. The American
people reject that notion and know, as Republicans do, that government
has failed and that this financial crisis is the result of decades of
misguided government policies that interfered with the free-market." (pg
15)"The government's interventions to date have generated market
uncertainty and an aversion to private lending and investment. The
government's strategy needs to minimize government interference in the
management of companies and provide a clear exit strategy." (pg 16)
Are these guys serious? This is the same stuff as the last 8 years!
Someone should go to every Republican and kick them in the crotch, both
male and female, for offering these same tired ideas.

Quote of the Day [2.09.09]

broderic on February 9, 2009

“My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through…”

Harry Whittington apologizing to Dick Cheney for having jumped in front of his gun barrel

Quote of the Day [1.28.09]

broderic on January 28, 2009

"Because of the high volume of phone calls and correspondence received
by my office since the Politico article ran, I wanted to take a moment
to speak directly to grassroots conservatives. Let me assure you, I am
one of you." Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA)