OK, now I'm depressed.
As anyone who is paying attention knows, the biggest problem facing our health care system is the cost of health care delivery. Let's say my cost on a widget is $1.00 and I sell it for $1.03. If my cost drops to $.80, I'll be able to sell it for $.83. Market competition will force me to, because someone else is going to sell it for $.83. Kind of like the cost of computers over the years. The customer wins, I win, we're all happy. Econ 101.
So anyway, I did a Google search on "cost controls in health care reform."
The most prominent article I found was written by Ezra Klein, a darling of the lefties. Great. Since he's an Obamacare dittohead, I should be able to truly get the cream of the crop when it comes to cost controls in the new law.
In the article, Klein says that "creating a competitive insurance market" is "the bill's first, and most important, step." His point is that the insurance exchanges will force insurance companies to finally be competitive with each other. He says that, "as any free market conservative will tell you", this will bring premiums down.
I am not making this up.
Mr. Klein doesn't seem to understand that eliminating pre-existing conditions will significantly drive up the cost of paying for care. This will only serve to increase premiums, as I illustrate in the highly complex widget example above.
What I find depressing is that I cannot locate examples of how this new law is going to cut costs. If I'm wrong, please correct me -- provide some examples of the law that will specifically cut the costs of delivering care. You would be improving my outlook significantly. List them here and we can discuss. I absolutely admit that I don't know the bill word for word.
Thanks in advance.
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As anyone who is paying attention knows, the biggest problem facing our health care system is the cost of health care delivery. Let's say my cost on a widget is $1.00 and I sell it for $1.03. If my cost drops to $.80, I'll be able to sell it for $.83. Market competition will force me to, because someone else is going to sell it for $.83. Kind of like the cost of computers over the years. The customer wins, I win, we're all happy. Econ 101.
So anyway, I did a Google search on "cost controls in health care reform."
The most prominent article I found was written by Ezra Klein, a darling of the lefties. Great. Since he's an Obamacare dittohead, I should be able to truly get the cream of the crop when it comes to cost controls in the new law.
In the article, Klein says that "creating a competitive insurance market" is "the bill's first, and most important, step." His point is that the insurance exchanges will force insurance companies to finally be competitive with each other. He says that, "as any free market conservative will tell you", this will bring premiums down.
I am not making this up.
Mr. Klein doesn't seem to understand that eliminating pre-existing conditions will significantly drive up the cost of paying for care. This will only serve to increase premiums, as I illustrate in the highly complex widget example above.
What I find depressing is that I cannot locate examples of how this new law is going to cut costs. If I'm wrong, please correct me -- provide some examples of the law that will specifically cut the costs of delivering care. You would be improving my outlook significantly. List them here and we can discuss. I absolutely admit that I don't know the bill word for word.
Thanks in advance.
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