Comments on: Healthcare Reform: A Prescription

By: Lenny RN

Lenny RN — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:47:28 +0000

I would rank them as Quality being the most important followed by access. As quality is the most important, I don’t want health care to be in the hands of the government at all. I’ll pay for the piece of mind that if I get sick I will get a high level of care in a timely manner.

By: Health Care BS - MITT, WIT, AND REAL-WORLD CHOICES

Health Care BS - MITT, WIT, AND REAL-WORLD CHOICES — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:15:46 +0000

[...] idiom, the word “wit” meant “sagacity,” and that quality is plentiful in GruntDoc’s six-word post on health care reform: Price, Quality, Access ……………….. Pick [...]

By: House Whisperer

House Whisperer — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:10:25 +0000

Steve, I used to work in a government monopoly, and was witness to several rounds of ridiculous red tape, dwindling budgets, untenable work environments, and unreasonable expectations. I got out and have never looked back. Not once.

By: House Whisperer

House Whisperer — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:07:45 +0000

Laundress, you almost got me–the part that helped me realize you were joking was where you said “fine government.” I like how you so casually lampooned all the people who think government somehow has any money except ours, or any authority except what we give it.

By: The Laundress

The Laundress — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:14:52 +0000

Aw hell, this is EASY. I pick “quality” and “access”. Let our fine government pick up the tab on prices. This will be simplified if we just get rid of our bloated capitalist economy.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:01:31 +0000

David’s correct.

Make a real market for health care; we will then know the true costs and will be forced to allocate choices/resources wisely and accordingly. Government’s role should be quite limited and mainly serve as a safety net for those few truly in need — and this group is not, for example, 20-year-old college students (“children,” according to Congress) who have chosen to forgo insurance (like I did…).

I work in a government run monopoly, and my experience there says that those hoping for single-payer, government-run healthcare do so at their (and our) peril.

Government-regulated healthcare is a sure recipe for ever increasing regulation, scrutiny, and political-risk aversion, concomitant with ever decreasing effectiveness and ever increasing costs.

By: symtym

symtym — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:15:24 +0000

I’ll reduce it to two because value is often characterized in terms of quality/price (dV = dQ/dP).

By: david

david — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:54:19 +0000

The infamous “Iron Triangle” of healthcare delivery…

The long answer, of course, is to eliminate 90% of the regulation and bureacracy…and then do away with employer-purchased health insurance…and do away with MOST health insurance except for LTC and catastrophic…sort of like we do for auto insurance.

By: Mrs. Fred

Mrs. Fred — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:28:57 +0000

One of our favorite eateries lists:
Price
Quality
Service

Pick any two.

We LOVE this statement, and yours is also applicable to the situation. No, I DON’T know which two I’d pick –in either situation!

By: House Whisperer

House Whisperer — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:39:09 +0000

1.Location
2. Compensation
3. Satisfaction

Pick any two when looking for a job.