Quote:
Originally Posted by Harmon
All utopians think that immoral systems can be corrected by limiting someone else's freedom. But what actually happens is that one immoral system is simply replaced by another. In the case where a private immoral system is replaced by a public immoral system, you not only get immorality, but risk tyranny, and guarantee inefficiency....
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Waldman's quote was:
* A system is immoral if it allows (or encourages) insurance companies to turn you away exactly when you need help most. (Thanks to exclusions for "pre-existing conditions.") That's unfair.
* A system is immoral if it allows (and incentivizes) insurance companies to write policies full of fine print that leaves shocked patients with devastating bills. That's dishonest.
* A system is immoral if it means that losing one's job means not only losing income but the ability to take your child to the doctor. That's cruel.
* A system is immoral if it forces people to stay in jobs that they hate because they don't want to lose their health coverage. That's tragic.
If having a system where
you are not refused treatment for pre-existing conditions,
you cannot be tricked into owing devastating bills because of fine print,
you're still able to take your children to the doctor even if you lose you job, and
you feel free to change jobs without worrying about losing your health coverage
is utopian, then our country is the only non-utopian country in the Western world.
In an earlier post,
I asked if MobileRead forum members living in other Western democracies would trade their health-care system for ours. So far,
no takers, one "
Certainly not," and one "
what you have in the USA scares the living hell out of me."