Individual Irresponsibility in the President’s Healthcare Reform Plan

Individual Irresponsibility in the President’s Healthcare Reform Plan

A response to the above titled post from "Health Leaders"

"The result is that nearly everyone will be "covered" whether they're insured or not. They'll be treated, and someone else will pay the cost. That's the way it is now, and that's the way it will continue to be if these bills pass—just under a different mechanism."

And with considerably fewer uninsured to require that cost shifting. That's the whole point, isn't it? Less uninsured.

Look, a certain percentage of the population will always try to game the system, by paying the penalty rather than buying insurance. But even those people will stop that behavior as soon as someone in their family has an illness requiring more than a couple visits to the doctor. So, yes there are gamers, but most people want to do the right thing, I still believe.

"Premiums from commercial insurers will be sky-high, if commercial plans even continue to exist long-term."

That's not what the CBO says.

"What better way to get the deeply unpopular public option back in the mix in a few years?"

Except it isn't unpopular, except with the Fox News crowd, who still think it is some sort of Sino-Soviet hybrid system.


And, just for the record, the 10 largest physicians organizations support reform with the option.




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