Responding to Creative Loafing
In response to my post on Hillary's Healthcare plan, Andy at Creative Loafing writes:
He evidently prefers the country’s current dystopian health-care circle jerk.No, Andy, I don't. I complete agree that our current system is broken. However, Health insurance and healthcare are mutually beneficial exchanges of commerce. It is hardly dystopian because there is no force involved, unlike the police power of government that Andy seems to so desperately want.
With that said, I prefer that individuals be given the opportunity to purchase the healthcare plan that they see fit, not what the government wants them to have. This can be attained by not giving more tax credits to corporations and businesses but allowing individuals to have a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for their health insurance and medical expenses. That isn't the only answer, but it is a great first step.
Clinton's plan leads us further down the path that has caused us problem in the health insurance industry.
Comments
I have known guys like Andy. But it's been a while... they all lived in Uptown New Orleans in the 1980s. I didn't like them then either.
Posted by: Larry Stanley | September 19, 2007 07:11 PM