Courtesy of Mish.
"Medicare for All" Problems
In the past few days I posted reader responses to Single-Payer "Medicare for All" Proposal; Live and Let Die; Why Does Single-Payer "Work" in Europe?
We heard from "Ken", a medical doctor in US Doctor Comments on Single-Payer "Medicare for All" Proposal.
We also heard comments from "David" a US Expatriate living in Europe, and "Peter" a Canadian Expatriate living in the US in my post US and Canadian Expatriates Comment on US Healthcare.
No Easy Solution?
Peter from Canada says there are no easy solutions.
I disagree. I believe there are plenty of solutions, some short-term, some long-term, all of them free-market based. Here are my eight proposals.
1. Freedom to Choose
In the fearmongering preceding the Obamacare vote, Republicans trumped up the notion of "death panels" and healthcare rationing, the "R" word.
The real issue is the "freedom to choose".
For example: I do not want to be kept alive if I am brain-dead or nearly so. Moreover, if my odds of survival are low and I am going to live the rest of my life in misery following some accident or cancer, then let me go. In return, I should pay far less for a policy that allows just that, given that an inordinate number of expenses occur in the last few months of someone's life.
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