Comments on: Pay It Forward http://acaproductions.com/myblog/2009/07/15/pay-it-forward/ Time to relax and let your mind work properly! Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:23:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: DoubleA http://acaproductions.com/myblog/2009/07/15/pay-it-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-3020 DoubleA Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:23:58 +0000 http://acaproductions.com/myblog/2009/07/15/pay-it-forward/#comment-3020 I don't have any problem with the government trying to help more people have insurance. There are far too many who either don't have it or have very poor coverage. I have been in both situations in the past (I have excellent insurance now). Your point about the government not properly running anything it has ever created is right on the mark. They end up making a big bureaucratic mess out of everything. As for profits, although they can create the incentives you mention they can also cause people to be excluded from care that probably should not be. There are so many issues that still need long and careful debate. I'm glad the debate is under way, but I am concerned that in the haste to come up with something we will have make a big mess out of it that benefits no one. I don’t have any problem with the government trying to help more people have insurance. There are far too many who either don’t have it or have very poor coverage. I have been in both situations in the past (I have excellent insurance now). Your point about the government not properly running anything it has ever created is right on the mark. They end up making a big bureaucratic mess out of everything. As for profits, although they can create the incentives you mention they can also cause people to be excluded from care that probably should not be.

There are so many issues that still need long and careful debate. I’m glad the debate is under way, but I am concerned that in the haste to come up with something we will have make a big mess out of it that benefits no one.

]]> By: John Morrisey http://acaproductions.com/myblog/2009/07/15/pay-it-forward/comment-page-1/#comment-3018 John Morrisey Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:12:45 +0000 http://acaproductions.com/myblog/2009/07/15/pay-it-forward/#comment-3018 The profits made in our capitalist medical system create more of an incentive to research cures and develop new medicines. Those incentives do not exist in socialized medicine. The government has not properly run anything it has ever created. My concerns are strong. Hopefully they do not try to push this first version through congress. This cannot be rushed. They want to rush it because their will be an unpopular response to the details they are currently glossing over. The profits made in our capitalist medical system create more of an incentive to research cures and develop new medicines. Those incentives do not exist in socialized medicine.

The government has not properly run anything it has ever created. My concerns are strong. Hopefully they do not try to push this first version through congress. This cannot be rushed. They want to rush it because their will be an unpopular response to the details they are currently glossing over.

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