Greg Mankiw wrote a piece in today's NY Times that calls many accepted beliefs on health care into question: Beyond Those Health Care Numbers.
I'm not saying we need to yank coverage away from those who are in desperate need, but I certainly don't think that we'd be better off with a European health care model. Think about what it's like when you go to the DMV. Now think about what it would be like if you had to go to the DMV when you needed care. They can barely take a good polaroid of your face, how well do you think they'll do when they take an MRI of your brain?
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I agree completely. And I think the American people will ultimately agree as well. Take a look at the resolution for universal health care that was struck down in Oregon today. People instinctively know that the government delivers spotty, inefficient service and they don't want politicians making medical decisions for them.
ReplyDeleteyou are a right-wing nut. what are we if the government can't provide us with basic services. health care works in europe and they get it for free.
ReplyDeletesouthpaw, the problem is the govt DOESN'T provide us with basic services. i live in new york city, where the quality of the infrastructure, particularly the quality of roads, bridges, and tunnels, is atrocious. i'm willing to bet we pay more local taxes per capita than anywhere else in the country, yet look at our rotting, failing system. you're living in fantasyland if you think some middle-income joe from brooklyn who works for the state-funded, unionized metropolitan transit authority cares more about the quality of his work than small-business owner sanchez who's trying to make a name for himself and produce quality work, the profit from which feeds his family. what's brooklyn joe's incentive to do good work? he and thousands of state and federal employees just like him are living off the government gravy train, where their pay isn't based on merit and quality, but on tenure and on how well they play the game of office politics. THAT'S the problem with govt-sponsored anything. nice theory, shit results.
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