tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post2321558463283807076..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: Best health care system in the world, part IIRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-25702527367009865092009-08-26T19:59:47.400-07:002009-08-26T19:59:47.400-07:00As a Canadian listening to the right wing use the ...As a Canadian listening to the right wing use the same arguments used in the fiftys in Canada is quite the joke. <br /><br />I want the US to continue with the current broken system. Large companies like GM, Ford etc. will spend their money and ship jobs to countries with national health systems like Canada. As they will just not want to continue spending large amounts of money in a broken victor55cahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00394582233433049818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-32955384878240365192009-08-15T10:13:22.582-07:002009-08-15T10:13:22.582-07:00> Do search engines fall into that category? E...> Do search engines fall into that category? Everyone needs, has a high cost and long lead time to provide.<br /><br />Search engines do not have a high cost. The original Google search engine was built by two graduate students. There are open-source search engines to be had for free.<br /><br />> Do you imply that government buses is better transportation than private cars?<br /><br />Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-3121946284720460052009-08-15T09:53:38.532-07:002009-08-15T09:53:38.532-07:00Ron,
> Infrastructure has a clear definition: ...Ron,<br /><br />> Infrastructure has a clear definition: it's anything that everyone needs and has a high cost and long lead time to provide: <br /><br />Do search engines fall into that category?<br />Everyone needs, has a high cost and long lead time to provide.<br /><br />> transportation, <br /><br />Do you imply that government buses is better transportation than private cars?<br /Dennis Gorelikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700219093521377626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-3757818160861285082009-08-15T09:45:15.251-07:002009-08-15T09:45:15.251-07:001) Sure, there are things where government is usef...1) Sure, there are things where government is useful.<br />However the more responsibilities you give to the government -- the worse it behaves.<br />My impression is that if we [gradually] cut government responsibilities [and budget] in half -- that would improve our economy (including health care).<br /><br />If, on the opposite, we increase government size -- that would make economy work worseDennis Gorelikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700219093521377626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-48649097881419888612009-08-15T09:42:17.585-07:002009-08-15T09:42:17.585-07:00> I think you go too far to say that, just beca...> I think you go too far to say that, just because something could be labelled as "infrastructure", that therefore government intervention (of what kind?) is mandated.<br /><br />That's not what I said. I said that *empirically* infrastructure is better provided by government than the private sector. And it's not an arbitrary label. Infrastructure has a clear definition: Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-34211313954557933302009-08-15T09:27:57.421-07:002009-08-15T09:27:57.421-07:00> Health Care is already heavily regulated.
Th...> Health Care is already heavily regulated.<br /><br />That's true. I never said that the government can't fuck up. Obviously it can. But some people seem to think that that's *all* the government is capable of doing, and I dispute that.<br /><br />> Another problem -- huge tort amounts awarded by legal system against health care providers.<br /><br />Nope. That's a <a Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-31752549440821836482009-08-15T01:59:30.475-07:002009-08-15T01:59:30.475-07:00Health Care is already heavily regulated.
In order...Health Care is already heavily regulated.<br />In order to provide health care services, even the simplest ones, person much go through very costly and lengthy education and certification process.<br />No wonder that that health care cost skyrockets as a result.<br /><br />Another problem -- huge tort amounts awarded by legal system against health care providers.Dennis Gorelikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700219093521377626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-13369137407007817742009-08-14T20:50:39.760-07:002009-08-14T20:50:39.760-07:00My argument is that the current system, with enorm...My argument is that the current system, with enormous government interventions which create a synthetic market for profiteering insurance providers is broken because it is guaranteed to bankrupt all of us before too long.<br /><br />What we have now is broken because it is breaking all of us.<br /><br />I have frequently visited europe and even had a few visits to various hospitals in the UK, in Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04542429248250354121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-7822817397962061062009-08-14T17:51:22.669-07:002009-08-14T17:51:22.669-07:00I think you go too far to say that, just because s...I think you go too far to say that, just because something could be labelled as "infrastructure", that therefore government intervention (of what kind?) is mandated. (And BTW: It's cheating to just hypothesize that there is <i>some</i> government intervention which would improve things. You can't compare real-world free market outcomes, with a hypothetical perfect government Don Geddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14921093108555061757noreply@blogger.com