Bfgrn
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- Apr 4, 2009
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I always love when a progressive trots out the trope about what the rest of the world takes for granted. I want a free market, and no one has ever presented any type of proof it is a bad idea. They keep pointing to our current system of corny capitalism and government support of favored people and argue that it proves a free market doesn't work. Gotta say, I never understood that, do you think you can explain it?
There is no explaining to a 'Marketist' anymore than explaining to a Marxist. Both taken to the level of religion are dangerous.
I have offered this to 'Marketists' before. And guess what; NONE of them will even listen to this interview with a former executive VP at CIGNA.
Wendell Potter on Profits Before Patients | PBS
Marketists? Is that like communist? I actually heard that interview before, what is it you think I am supposed to here? Because what it tells me is that crony capitalism is destroying health care, which is what I said in the first place.
Really??? Then explain 'medical loss ratio' that Potter talks about? Then, explain how crony capitalism is destroying health care? And how government is the cause?
Then explain why all but a handful of capitalist countries all have strong state funding of single-payer universal health care, instead of insurance based health care tied to employment?
And why the bottom four countries Germany, USA, Portugal and Switzerland who all depend more heavily on profit-based, private health insurance provided primarily through the employer/employee relationship have the most expensive and worst performing health care systems?
And your 'people from other countries come to the US for treatment' argument has been totally debunked.