by William Thornton » Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:45 am
Would my mod/lib graphologist care to define, and then justify, what he considers "fair" for insurance profits?
This is usually where we end up with budding economic/social engineers reporting all kinds of data and then making a completely subjective judgment on what is "fair".
I have no objection to innovation in health care delivery, although rewarding outcome is not exactly innovative. When hospitals work hard to ratchet down average lengh of stay for specific procedures for example, liberals quickly assail them for heartless, profit-centered initiatives and then personal injury lawyers sue. One notes that Obamacare didn't address the lawyer issue, the TLA being a favored interest group, which is what public payment of health care is based on - satisfying various constituencies, which is why people who can buy health insurance and don't get gummit largess in doing so will pay more for services they do not need. Sorry for the run-on sentence.
Latest Obamacare consequence is the demand of health care providers for more up-front payment for services, since deductibles are higher and it is harder to collect after service, many people having the attitude that someone else should pay for their health care.
Still looking for one person on BaptistLife who has successfully signed up for obamacare.
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