Good post Bruce,and agreed PlainOl,
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:54 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > wrote: > 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! 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