Uveal Blues: The Doctor Is In: Health Care Is Not a Widget

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Anonymous said...: I would argue that for Dr. Bob, healthcare is much more widgetine than it is for the gracious host of this bloggersite. I doubt any third party payers are interested in forking over the $15,000+ charge for a microsurgical vasectomy reversal. (note to self, once again I am in the wrong business)

State legislatures need to rollback the mandates that increase the cost of getting a policy. I should be able to purchase high deductable coverage for catastrophes and pay cash for routine care. Non-urgent concerns can be shopped, and I won't waste my time at a "gatekeepers" office when I need to see a specialist. My policy will cost much less if I am free to choose the coverages I need, not have them forced upon me by my over-zealous government.

Of course, I could go on and on for days on this topic....

http://www.afcm.org/; 11:00 PM
hdhindsa said...: Thanks for the link to this interesting website...; 7:28 AM
Anonymous said...: I think that Dr. Bob does make the argument that the delivery of healthcare in the U.S. is so byzantine that simple supply and demand models don't apply.

I would be interested to learn more about the "mandates introduced by state legislatures that increase the cost of getting a policy."; 7:39 AM

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