http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/10/monday-morning-comics/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/10/monday-morning-comics/comment-page-1/#comment-26011 Mark Jaquith Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:09:49 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2009/08/10/monday-morning-comics/#comment-26011 Re: the last one. That's the problem, though. The debate is being framed as a choice between two really shitty options: government-perverted insurance companies or government-controlled insurance. How about setting it up so that people and their doctors make the decisions? Get rid of the biases against individually-owned high-deductible insurance for big stuff, and use tax-free health savings accounts to pay for the rest out of pocket (at the substantial discount you get for paying cash... usually 20% or more). Re: the last one. That’s the problem, though. The debate is being framed as a choice between two really shitty options: government-perverted insurance companies or government-controlled insurance. How about setting it up so that people and their doctors make the decisions? Get rid of the biases against individually-owned high-deductible insurance for big stuff, and use tax-free health savings accounts to pay for the rest out of pocket (at the substantial discount you get for paying cash… usually 20% or more).

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