tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post551575550059784766..comments2023-12-14T21:55:11.213-05:00Comments on Mitchell Langbert's Blog: Republican Excitement GrowsMitchell Langberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-16732762974405779292010-01-16T16:46:51.622-05:002010-01-16T16:46:51.622-05:00Dear Anonymous:
1. I think the Sherman Anti-trust...Dear Anonymous:<br /><br />1. I think the Sherman Anti-trust act is part of a major subsidization of big business that began in the mid to late 19th century (the Civil War played a role as did the establishment of state regulation of insurance and the illegalization of Tontine Insurance at the behest of Met Life) and was accelerated by FDR's and the New Deal's freeing the Fed to print money that subsidizes Wall Street and corporate America.<br /><br />2. I don't think that insurance companies should be exempt from any law, including the bogus Sherman Anti-trust Act.<br /><br />3. I do think that private insurance companies that are not regulated and/or subsidized should have the right to refuse pre-existing conditions. I also think that Americans ought to be free to start their own cooperatives and other methods of coverage that are currently illegal under state insurance law.<br /><br />4. The current medical system reflects extensive regulation that support provider interests that have caused the cost problems. <br /><br />5. You can insult me all you like, but the answer is yes, I do have a number of suggestions for how to improve health care, and they have little to do with destructive, New Deal-and-ERISA-related crap like COBRA and the parroting of the provider groups and Wall Street that goes on in left-wing propaganda like NPR and the New York Times.<br /><br />6. My suggestions for improving health care from here, given the massive damage that government intervention and regulation have done are:<br /><br />a. de-regulation of high deductible plans. Currently, state law inhibits or prohibits affordable coverage by mandating elements of coverage that serve special interests like the psychiatric profession. High deductible plans play the normal role of insurance, of insuring high losses that are predictable.<br /><br />These are currently illegal in most states. The "uninsurability" problem stems from the illegalization of plans that would normally play a pivotal role.<br /><br />b. encouragement of international agreements whereby foreign health care providers can be utilized at low cost for a wide range of elective and chronic condition-related surgeries and other treatments if in a joint venture with US providers and subject to US quality standards. The foolish commitment to US-based care causes costs of a wide range of treatments, likely the majority, to be ten times what they ought to be.<br /><br />c. De-regulation of licensure of health care providers.<br /><br />Finally, I am not a nihilist. You are. You don't even know what a libertarian is. Why don't you do what makes you happiest: grab a banana, scratch your underarm, and swing from the nearest lamp post with your left wing colleagues.Mitchell Langberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-80080846532758895692010-01-16T11:57:24.231-05:002010-01-16T11:57:24.231-05:00Do you think that Insurance companies deserve an e...Do you think that Insurance companies deserve an exemption from the Sherman Antitrust Act? Do you think that Insurance companies can refuse or rescind coverage? Do you think that pre-existing conditions should be covered? Do you think that COBRA should be extended? Do you even have suggestions for the improvement of the lives of ordinary Americans. You are an excellent example of a nihilist right winger parading as a libertarian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-76396065864235606982010-01-16T10:08:41.286-05:002010-01-16T10:08:41.286-05:00"One article was about the Tea Party from Okl..."One article was about the Tea Party from Oklahoma and they put her picture on the cover even though she lives in the Town of Olive!"<br /><br />Congratulations Glenda!! Is it your first cover?Raquel Okyayhttp://www.raquelokyay.comnoreply@blogger.com