Healthcare discussion from Pointedstick's "I'm Free" thread

[MachineGhost]

Although I frequently agree with your views, I must disagree with this one.

Nearly all of our problems with health care are because people get sick. Makes one wonder why, with all our supposed progress in medical science, life spans have not increased all that much.

http://www.livescience.com/10569-human- ... years.html

I don't understand your logic. Being sick is not a special problem that only force can solve other than to prevent predatory practices when you're unable to negotiate (which is hard to imagine occuring if we all have insurance contracts ahead of time). Yet if we can't leave the free market completely to itself, the solution is not to go hog wild to the other extreme of government doing it all as Progressives have a wet dream for.

[Mountaineer]

Although I frequently agree with your views, I must disagree with this one.

Nearly all of our problems with health care are because people get sick. Makes one wonder why, with all our supposed progress in medical science, life spans have not increased all that much.

http://www.livescience.com/10569-human- ... years.html

I don't understand your logic. Being sick is not a special problem that only force can solve other than to prevent predatory practices when you're unable to negotiate (which is hard to imagine occuring if we all have insurance contracts ahead of time). Yet if we can't leave the free market completely to itself, the solution is not to go hog wild to the other extreme of government doing it all as Progressives have a wet dream for.

Re. my logic: If you don't get sick you don't need health care.

[thisisallen]

^ +1