I've said it before but it bears repeating, our Byzantine health care system where for-profit health insurance companies run the care is like having foxes run the chicken coup.
Foxes eat chickens. You can't regulate a system that involves foxes taking care of chickens. The foxes will try to find ways around the regulation. Eating chickens is what they do. Such a system can't be "reformed". It's inherently flawed.
This isn't to say that foxes are "bad" for eating chickens. It's to say that a system that expects them to take care of chickens, against their nature, is bad.
For-profit companies will do everything they can to maximize profits. It's what they do. They will cut costs where they can and increase revenue as much as they can. This isn't to say they're "bad" for doing so. It's to say that a system that expects them to generously spend money to take care of sick people is inherently flawed.
In business, don't reward "A" and expect "B". It ain't gonna happen.
Health care costs money. Sick people need health care. Ergo, sick people are expensive and for-profit companies will try to knock them off their roles. They will also try to deny care as much as they can because this too cuts costs. Health insurance premiums bring in money. Ergo, they will try to raise their premiums as much as possible.
Pretty simple stuff, really. Why can't we figure this out?
Foxes eat chickens. You can't regulate a system that involves foxes taking care of chickens. The foxes will try to find ways around the regulation. Eating chickens is what they do. Such a system can't be "reformed". It's inherently flawed.
This isn't to say that foxes are "bad" for eating chickens. It's to say that a system that expects them to take care of chickens, against their nature, is bad.
For-profit companies will do everything they can to maximize profits. It's what they do. They will cut costs where they can and increase revenue as much as they can. This isn't to say they're "bad" for doing so. It's to say that a system that expects them to generously spend money to take care of sick people is inherently flawed.
In business, don't reward "A" and expect "B". It ain't gonna happen.
Health care costs money. Sick people need health care. Ergo, sick people are expensive and for-profit companies will try to knock them off their roles. They will also try to deny care as much as they can because this too cuts costs. Health insurance premiums bring in money. Ergo, they will try to raise their premiums as much as possible.
Pretty simple stuff, really. Why can't we figure this out?
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
