if we want better health insurance for all, why are we making it illegal? --- each person should be responsible for their own health care
On Mar 20, 9:31 am, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/if-we-want-better-health-insura... > > Press Release > > For Immediate Release > Monday, March 12, 2012 > > If We Want Better Health Insurance For All, Why Are We Making It Illegal? > > LP Chair: If We Want Better Health Insurance For All, Why Are We Making It > Illegal? > WASHINGTON -- Libertarian National Committee Chair, Mark Hinkle, released > the following statement today: > “While President Obama and the Republicans in Congress spend time debating > whether religious groups must provide their employees free contraceptives, > a far more fundamental issue is being ignored: if we want better health > insurance for all, why are we making it illegal? > “ObamaCare, known in Massachusetts as RomneyCare, effectively outlaws true > health insurance. Insurance, if you think about it, should exist to protect > you against catastrophic expenditures. For example, car insurance doesn’t > cover the cost of gas and oil, as it would be outrageously expensive due to > the incentive for increased driving. Similarly, health insurance should not > cover ordinary and predictable costs, yet remains outrageously expensive > because it does. > “Then why do consumers continue to buy overpriced insurance that covers > predictable costs? Government. First, the senseless connection of health > insurance to employment is the result of a system that taxes cash wages but > not health benefits, punishing employees who would rather have higher cash > wages while making their own personal choice of health coverage. Second, > special interests in every state have lobbied legislators to mandate > coverage for their particular product or service. Finally, regulation not > only drives up the cost of healthcare, but also restricts entry into the > field, leading to even higher prices. > “The result is this: if you want inexpensive health insurance, but don’t > want coverage for alcoholism, weight loss programs and baldness treatments, > and would prefer a deductible based on your personal finances: TOUGH. Even > if you’re not stuck with your employer’s choices, the type of individually > tailored coverage you want is illegal. > “Instead of ObamaRomneyCare, we need to decriminalize good health > insurance. Eliminate the coverage mandates, the laws against purchasing > health insurance across state lines, and the unfavorable tax treatment of > personal insurance policies. Remove the regulations that block entry of new > insurers, including charitable organizations which could provide > catastrophic protection for the poor and the club-based insurance policies > that were once popular before the insurance industry and American Medical > Association both pushed to make them illegal. > “As for contraception? Women shouldn’t need a permission slip from their > doctor to have safe sex. Removing the prescription requirement would > massively reduce the cost of contraceptives, making it far more affordable. > In turn, this would ease the burden on groups such as Planned Parenthood > that have long provided free contraceptives to those in need.” > > SHADOWKamen > GIF WARS:http://shadowkamen.tripod.com/index.htm > > My groups: > Yahoo! > Groups:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Anime-Manga-World/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Any_Discussion_2/http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Fantasy-SciFi/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hentai-Lovers_Unite/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Land-of-the-Free/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NC-UT/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Theo-Talk-2/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Worldwide-Politics/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anything_chat/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RHONDASCARTOONS/http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/Fowards/ > FaceBook Groups: > AD2:http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_161872343853575 > Utah:http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_179463152068117 > Politics:http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_122427211159914 > N.C.:http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_134688129917567 > Sci-Fi:http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_179733605411112 > Utah politics:http://www.facebook.com/groups/129878500403611/ > Ecchi:http://www.facebook.com/groups/160294867408256/ > > Send off-group messages to [email protected] > > __._,_.___ > Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic > Messages in this topic (1) > Recent Activity: > > Visit Your Group > Subscribe: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: [email protected] > > NB - The Libertarian Alliance does not necessarily approve of the above > message. > Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > __,_._,___ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
