Sir Dan S,

Originally Posted By: Dan S.
Hank,

The market is just like people............hates change. My deduction for health care went up for next year, but not by a significant amount. We've been warned that could change depending on how this whole transition takes place - I saw much bigger increases in my health care expense over the last decade or so, prior to Obamacare being passed, so I'm not seeing that much cause-and-effect in my microcosm.

YMMV.

Somehow, I figure we'll survive the change and it won't be as big a disaster as some have predicted. I could be wrong, though, as it's never wise to underestimate the government's ability to f.uck things up.


Respectfully, The market is not "just like people". The "market" is people. And yes people do not like change, because change often brings pain.


The crux of the matter is, how could a government have a positive or a negative influence on a health care system.

While I am sure that many on this board. that is comprised mainly of residents of King County; believe that "Single Payer" is the answer, I am just as sure that our current, and soon to be passing, system has provided the revenue and support for research and development, that has brought many of the miracle cures and advances that we now have in modern medicine.

The system that will be soon be replaced has brought people of means from all of over the world to our country in search the worlds finest medical system.

With incentive to produce being removed, work hard and save, now seems so yesterday.







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