Comments on: Reforming Health Care and How it Affects Your Finances http://www.moneycrashers.com/reforming-health-care-and-how-it-affects-your-finances/ Personal Finance Blog, Your Guide to Financial Fitness Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: erik.folgatehttp://www.moneycrashers.com/reforming-health-care-and-how-it-affects-your-finances/#comment-4890 erik.folgate Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:00:31 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/reforming-health-care-and-how-it-affects-your-finances/#comment-4890 David, I'm pretty sure that I never said that going out and "getting not poor and not educated" was the solution to the problem. Health care reform is a complex issues, as Jeff mentioned above. There are many factors and private insurance companies don't help the cause either. I'm not ignorant enough to assume that everyone can wave a magic wand and stop being poor and uneducated. However, I believe that you show some ignorance by assuming that the poor can't change their lives around. Do you think that people who are born into a poor or uneducated family can't make a life for themselves? We live in THE UNITED STATES. Immigrants flood to this nation because of the amazing opportunities that await. Hard work and determination can bring people out of poverty. However, many do not want to accept that. They want to keep feeling sorry for themselves, and it is people like you that help them keep feeling sorry for themselves. YOU want the government to take care of them for the rest of their lives. But, the crutch of the government will not help them. Helping them get an education and develop a sold career path is what they need. Also, I'm not ignorant to the fact that some people have disabilities that do not allow them to get an education or perform certain work activities. I'm fine with letting my taxes help those people. But I am not fine with letting my tax dollars go towards people that take for granted the opportunities that the US offer every day. David, I’m pretty sure that I never said that going out and “getting not poor and not educated” was the solution to the problem. Health care reform is a complex issues, as Jeff mentioned above. There are many factors and private insurance companies don’t help the cause either.

I’m not ignorant enough to assume that everyone can wave a magic wand and stop being poor and uneducated. However, I believe that you show some ignorance by assuming that the poor can’t change their lives around. Do you think that people who are born into a poor or uneducated family can’t make a life for themselves? We live in THE UNITED STATES. Immigrants flood to this nation because of the amazing opportunities that await. Hard work and determination can bring people out of poverty. However, many do not want to accept that. They want to keep feeling sorry for themselves, and it is people like you that help them keep feeling sorry for themselves. YOU want the government to take care of them for the rest of their lives. But, the crutch of the government will not help them. Helping them get an education and develop a sold career path is what they need.

Also, I’m not ignorant to the fact that some people have disabilities that do not allow them to get an education or perform certain work activities. I’m fine with letting my taxes help those people. But I am not fine with letting my tax dollars go towards people that take for granted the opportunities that the US offer every day.

]]> By: Davidhttp://www.moneycrashers.com/reforming-health-care-and-how-it-affects-your-finances/#comment-4889 David Thu, 31 May 2007 19:50:17 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/reforming-health-care-and-how-it-affects-your-finances/#comment-4889 Shocking, and more than mildly offensive. "If you're poor and uneducated, go get not uneducated and not poor". Thank goodness the solution is so easy. I thought perhaps the problem was bigger, but no - clear and simple. Opinions like this aren't just ill-informed, they actively contribute to the problem. Shocking, and more than mildly offensive. “If you’re poor and uneducated, go get not uneducated and not poor”. Thank goodness the solution is so easy. I thought perhaps the problem was bigger, but no – clear and simple. Opinions like this aren’t just ill-informed, they actively contribute to the problem.

]]> By: Jeff Chttp://www.moneycrashers.com/reforming-health-care-and-how-it-affects-your-finances/#comment-4888 Jeff C Thu, 31 May 2007 17:18:27 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/reforming-health-care-and-how-it-affects-your-finances/#comment-4888 The reason health care is so expensive is that there are no incentives to keep prices down. Consumers (with insurance) don't care how much the service actually costs, because they're not paying for it directly . Because of this, providers have no incentives to keep prices down, so naturally, they go up. Insurance cannot be the solution for our dilemna -- in fact, it is the primary REASON costs are so high. Any health care plan for the long haul must work in the direction of eliminating insurance, not propagating it. The reason health care is so expensive is that there are no incentives to keep prices down. Consumers (with insurance) don’t care how much the service actually costs, because they’re not paying for it directly . Because of this, providers have no incentives to keep prices down, so naturally, they go up.

Insurance cannot be the solution for our dilemna — in fact, it is the primary REASON costs are so high. Any health care plan for the long haul must work in the direction of eliminating insurance, not propagating it.

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