tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post1520458227499636935..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Some SavingsGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-52429984591059829722011-01-20T21:40:48.098-05:002011-01-20T21:40:48.098-05:00The tooth fairy isn't paying for it. In the e...The tooth fairy isn't paying for it. In the end there are only you and me.<br /><br />There is no government money. You pay for your kids, or we all pay for your kids. <br /><br />There is no big pile of money at the insurance company. They make a profit, or they go out of business. What they have they get from subscribers. If they are to pay it out, they have to take it in. there is no printing press in the basement.<br /><br />I think we'd have a more rational system with less overhead if health insurance only covered catastrophic illness, and we had true price competition. <br /><br />That is too grubby for something as sacred as medicine, so we have an expensive system with a lot of overhead. It sounds just like government, doesn't it?MarkDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05386529130897728870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-63912773251163723812011-01-20T15:58:05.341-05:002011-01-20T15:58:05.341-05:00Nice, attack extending our children's (optiona...Nice, attack extending our children's (optional!) healthcare benefits but you neglected to mention this part of the Philpott article: <br /><br />Defense Secretary Robert Gates will ask Congress one more time to approve a "modest" raise in TRICARE fees for working-age military retirees, which would be the first increase in 15 years.<br /><br />(My civilian plan fees went up 20% last year alone. Who's subsidizing who?)<br /><br />"He [Gates] noted that these retirees drawing "full pensions" while working in second careers and many are turning down employer-provided health insurance to use TRICARE. Meanwhile, federal civilian and private sector employees have seen health insurance costs "rise dramatically.""<br /><br />Gates said his plan for health care, to be unveiled in February, would save the department nearly $7 billion over the next five years.<br /><br />(also, oxymoron: slacker vote - slackers don't vote)Paul G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17270835772123856564noreply@blogger.com