tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19463601.post3048035899105677414..comments2023-08-19T06:55:03.079-07:00Comments on FIRE_BAD: Enthusiasmabnormalbrainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498544325933999425noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19463601.post-34405666239014918152011-09-13T21:00:22.085-07:002011-09-13T21:00:22.085-07:00IMHO, there are two failure points. Yes, pay for s...IMHO, there are two failure points. Yes, pay for service might have worked decades ago. Hospitals, often extensions of churches, did provide for the "poor." As you rightly point, out a community could decide, as Mass did, to tackle this problem without some kind of religious test.<br /><br />The other failure is the logical fallacy that departing from fee for service was the reason prices went up. There was no collective decision for companies to provide insurance. It was a benefit offered for competitive advantage. The private systems in place were in place as prices climbed. In fact, one argument is that net prices go down because service costs get standardized.<br /><br />So Paul, assigns an inappropriate cause to an effect. There is no causal connection.<br /><br />And these audience members are just dicks.Big Brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15075471655947176315noreply@blogger.com