Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Healthcare that Works for YOU

Alternatives to Big Med that the Dems are trying to cram down our throats. The Whole Foods Way? How about opening up our choices, not narrowing them? How about letting insurance companies compete across state lines, government get out of the way, and let the healthcare consumer be king rather than government bureaucrats?

The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare: Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit.

There's a better way. WSJ, The Truth About Health Insurance: Only nine states have the costly rules that Obama wants to impose nationwide:
There are better ways to go. Tax credits to individuals to buy insurance would make it more affordable and thus strengthen the individual market. Other tax rule changes could also make it easier for people to join and form their own risk pools beyond their employers, such as through business federations, labor unions or, say, the Kiwanis Club. They would no longer be hostage to one job for insurance.

University of Chicago economist John Cochrane also argues that in a more rational individual insurance market, people could insure not merely against medical expenses but also against changes in health status. This kind of insurance would cover the risk of premiums rising as you get older and your health condition changes.

In turn, that would free insurers to compete for the business of all patients, including those with pre-existing conditions.
America is a culture of life, and at the end of life we don't want a government to take away our cherished freedom and individual dignity.

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