Comments on: My Wish List for the Next President http://www.all-encompassingly.com/my-wish-list-for-the-next-president/ we still remember mitch hedberg Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:39:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peggy Snow Cahill http://www.all-encompassingly.com/my-wish-list-for-the-next-president/comment-page-1/#comment-113728 Peggy Snow Cahill Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:29:49 +0000 http://www.all-encompassingly.com/?p=2250#comment-113728 "5. Overhaul the Current Employment-Based Health Insurance Model (while keeping health care private)" The answer may lie in the Swiss model, which is (I think) where Mitt Romney's model was coming from.... It is a purely private system, with the only govt interference being that everyone must have basic health insurance coverage (self-paid), but the insurance co's are not allowed to make a profit from them, so they are fairly inexpensive. Insurance companies sell enough of the better-than-basic ones to make a profit and stay in business. I also hear that even the basic covers much more than you might think. Of course, their population is much smaller than our own, but maybe we could learn some lessons anyway. “5. Overhaul the Current Employment-Based Health Insurance Model (while keeping health care private)”

The answer may lie in the Swiss model, which is (I think) where Mitt Romney’s model was coming from…. It is a purely private system, with the only govt interference being that everyone must have basic health insurance coverage (self-paid), but the insurance co’s are not allowed to make a profit from them, so they are fairly inexpensive. Insurance companies sell enough of the better-than-basic ones to make a profit and stay in business. I also hear that even the basic covers much more than you might think. Of course, their population is much smaller than our own, but maybe we could learn some lessons anyway.

]]> By: Mark N. http://www.all-encompassingly.com/my-wish-list-for-the-next-president/comment-page-1/#comment-113724 Mark N. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:55:51 +0000 http://www.all-encompassingly.com/?p=2250#comment-113724 I think it's time that Americans stop looking to the President as if he were a king, and that everything will be set aright if we can just get the right guy voted in there. I'm not sure there's much hope left for the United States at this point. Our values have become so diverse, there's little that we, as a nation, can agree upon. Here's an interesting article that pretty much lays out the case that America has sold itself out, and the piper is about to come calling for payment: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/eleven-reasons-america-new-top/story.aspx?guid=%7BD23E1901%2D728E%2D4A3C%2D99D1%2D7E80F74C3AE3%7D I think it’s time that Americans stop looking to the President as if he were a king, and that everything will be set aright if we can just get the right guy voted in there.

I’m not sure there’s much hope left for the United States at this point. Our values have become so diverse, there’s little that we, as a nation, can agree upon.

Here’s an interesting article that pretty much lays out the case that America has sold itself out, and the piper is about to come calling for payment:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/eleven-reasons-america-new-top/story.aspx?guid=%7BD23E1901%2D728E%2D4A3C%2D99D1%2D7E80F74C3AE3%7D

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