We are screwed on healthcare and most of the proposed "solutions" will only make things worse.
We need smart legislation to eliminate global free ridership on medication as well as less insurance, not more (combined with universal catastrophic high deductible insurance a la Singapore's medishield). We also need occupational licensing reform and to decouple healthcare from employment (ie. the politically impossible cadillac tax that Obama tried to push through).
Shielding people more from the true cost of healthcare is the politically popular option but does not improve health outcomes and drives utilization (and thus resource allocation) higher.
We need smart legislation to eliminate global free ridership on medication as well as less insurance, not more (combined with universal catastrophic high deductible insurance a la Singapore's medishield). We also need occupational licensing reform and to decouple healthcare from employment (ie. the politically impossible cadillac tax that Obama tried to push through).
Shielding people more from the true cost of healthcare is the politically popular option but does not improve health outcomes and drives utilization (and thus resource allocation) higher.