Politics will further pollute your medical care
March 26th, 2010 | by Brian Schwartz |Writes Paul Hsieh, MD in the Denver Post:
… But no one should be surprised that under government-controlled health insurance, medical coverage decisions will be based on political considerations. Rather, the recent wrangling over abortion will be a mere preview of special-interest battles to come as health care becomes a permanent political football. …
Under any system of mandatory insurance, the government must necessarily determine what constitutes an “acceptable” policy. This creates a giant magnet for special interest groups seeking to include their favorite benefit in the mandatory package. …
Instead of politically-controlled mandatory health insurance, we need free-market reforms that allow consumers to decide which benefits they wish to purchase.
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tags: HR 3590, mandatory insurance, rent seeking
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