John Williams wrote:
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:26 PM, David Hobby<hob...@newpaltz.edu> wrote:
How on earth is
the average consumer going to check that their policy is
NOT full of loopholes?
...
As for how a consumer can decide what product or service is best for
them, I can think of several non-government possibilites:
...
4) Consumer magazines or websites
If you think a government solution is important, why not make it
non-coercive? Have a government-funded version of _Consumer Reports_
for every product or service that you think needs it. Consumers could
access the ratings and reviews from a government-run website, with an
option to get printed material for those who have no internet access
or nearby library with internet access.
Hey, a constructive suggestion. Good. The government
really doesn't have to do more than rate policies in
order for consumers to get enough information. I agree,
that would solve the problem with policies that appeared
to cover things and actually didn't.
There are other reasons to have universal health care,
but there would have to be an element of coercion to
the implementation. You seem to be against even taxation,
as a matter of principle.
Could you PRODUCE a sample of a policy where it WOULD
be easy for the average consumer to check what's covered?
Probably, but...
I still doubt you could, and encourage you to try. You'd
probably have to use phrases equivalent to "experimental
procedure", "usual and customary", and so on. These would
soon acquire technical meanings that the average consumer
would be unaware of. The devil is in fact, in the details.
---David
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