Friday, July 24, 2009
Obama's TV address on Health Care legislation
Obama's speech was understandably but regrettably light on specific details on how the proposed legislation will make things better. (Understandably b/c the details of the bill are way too fluid; regrettably because the Republicans & pundits keep harping on the vagueness.) It would be good if he & Dems could say "It won't be 100% perfect, some people may end up paying more than currently. But it will overall be an improvement, especially for blameless children". But in the era of "No Child Left Behind" and Zero Tolerance, we apparently can't admit that some people might need to sacrifice more than others.
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Only because i want your readers to know how smart i am i remind you of our conversation in the pool and the 2 ingenious points i made: 1) that the cons often complain a government health care insurance option would be too awesome for a private insurance providers to compete with is rather ironic in light of their (cons') arguments about any measure prohibitting free market competition; 2) the cons' ironic complaints that government is too inefficient seems forgotten in the arguments against the government option.
hehehe, ok, self-aggrandizing aside, and using those 2 points to contextualize things just a bit, wouldn't an efficient, cheaper government option also free up employers from expense, thusly allowing them to offer more incentives(in benefits packages) to retain employees? furthermore, wouldn't such an over-hauling and even a government program's incentivizing preventative care and encouraging better health not produce ancillary benefits in terms of more productivity from healthier workers (i think of Japanese corporations and their morning calisthenics routines)?
now, counter questions: 1) most folks don't get into following up on the incentive programs offered now through healthcare providers and employers, esp. when those incentives do not directly translate to career advancement, how can we expect any plan now to do what people themselves are not self-motivated enough to do? 2)is it sufficient to just offer incentives for preventative care, and do nothing in response ( (requiring more than incentivizing) like penalizing) when those preventative directives are not followed, resulting in what could have been avoided surgeries? can after such occurrences measures be put into effect requiring some form of compliance (requiring more than incentivizing)?
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