tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post7559321372360785178..comments2023-11-30T03:44:34.585-05:00Comments on Opinions Nobody Asked For: Don't Look Back In AngerJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11683622475941901572noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-25573077423250457402010-03-27T02:52:07.118-04:002010-03-27T02:52:07.118-04:00If you're interested, my thoughts are over on ...If you're interested, my thoughts are over on my blog.Matthew B. Novakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441950586412209361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-24340374002672180902010-03-23T04:06:27.096-04:002010-03-23T04:06:27.096-04:00I also wasn't aware how close our views on hea...I also wasn't aware how close our views on health care are. You writing checks to Cato yet?Jacobhttp://www.jacobgrier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-92233096265461706932010-03-22T23:35:15.269-04:002010-03-22T23:35:15.269-04:00Jeff, I didn't realize until reading this post...Jeff, I didn't realize until reading this post that we have three important things in common:<br /><br />1. We have almost identical opinions of the core problems of health care: the employer-based system (which creates the double-whammy in which being unemployed usually means being uninsured), the mistaken treatment of certain or near-certain expenses as insurance, and overinsurance.<br /><br />2. You're familiar with the Overton window! Incidentally, I'm directing a libertarian seminar this summer in which I'm almost certainly going to be using the Overton window as a central plank of my opening talk. (Prior to his untimely death, Joe Overton was the VP of the free-market Mackinac Center.)<br /><br />3. We are in complete agreement on immigration.Chadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343478721617465811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603499.post-26826199375896737292010-03-22T16:50:44.288-04:002010-03-22T16:50:44.288-04:00People currently see health insurance coverage as ...People currently see health insurance coverage as equivalent to being able to get medical treatment. (One reason we all get so pissed when insurance denies coverage of something we believe is necessary.) Perhaps a paradigm shift is in order to treat health insurance the same as car insurance...a protection against catastrophic costs.<br /><br />But within the current paradigm, let me say this: One of those regulations on insurance coverage that you barely mention is abolishing lifetime limits on coverage. Another is forbidding insurance from kicking you out the moment you get sick....y'know, when you actually NEED insurance? Given Christy's chronic health problems (palpitations and the like) the fear of reaching that lifetime limit or of being kicked out because of her troubles was/is very real for us. When these regulations kick in, I will sleep a lot easier at night.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344649128973165027noreply@blogger.com