Comments on: There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch (or Health Care) http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Steve K David http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-44900 Steve K David Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:14:45 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-44900 Nice article. Nice article.

]]> By: KANAYO LALA, ACTON, http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-12739 KANAYO LALA, ACTON, Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:34:33 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-12739 Thanks to Jim and John for your response. The word "Health-care" is never understood by me correctly. Will some one define it? My understanding so far in my life by HEALTH-CARE is to learn and implement the right life style to stay healthy. I was falling sick with allergy attacks in my first 3 years in this country (1986-89). I changed my life style drastically after that and to-date since 1989 I have been on sick leave for only half of a day. I do not take any medicines. Food is my medicine. Any one can explore WEB and find answers to CAUSES of any disease as there has been so much research published in past 50 years. What BIO-TECH industry is doing is finding methods to earn money from those who do not care for these causes and keep giving them same placebos in a NEW PACKAGE every day in the name of new research. People think that there is a magic pill that will take away their problem for good even though they keep doing the wrong thing which gave them the problem. I believe the HEALTH-CARE system should not be just to give pills and surgeries to sick. I have an acquaintance who has gone through three blockage surgeries one every 10 years. Why? Because he does not change his life style. So why healthy insureds keep paying the repeated mistakes. Thats why the Insurance System will not work till it comes with a Code of Conduct like AUTO INSURANCE. No one wants to talk about it but every one wants a free fix to their problems. Tax Dollars run schools and I 100% agree that the elementary school must provide a mandatory education on the Methods of PREVENTION and the Parents must be included in it. Not only educating children but must get them passing grade on implementing the lessons learned. Otherwise any other education which not used will go waste. We can not live without rules, police, judges and prisons in this society. Healthy living style is no exception and is one of these social issues we have to learn and teach at young age who eventually otherwise will be in the surgeon's operation theater in about 40 years of eating sweet poison. GOD BLESS AMERICA & THIS WORLD. Thanks to Jim and John for your response.

The word "Health-care" is never understood by me correctly. Will some one define it?

My understanding so far in my life by HEALTH-CARE is to learn and implement the right life style to stay healthy. I was falling sick with allergy attacks in my first 3 years in this country (1986-89). I changed my life style drastically after that and to-date since 1989 I have been on sick leave for only half of a day. I do not take any medicines. Food is my medicine. Any one can explore WEB and find answers to CAUSES of any disease as there has been so much research published in past 50 years. What BIO-TECH industry is doing is finding methods to earn money from those who do not care for these causes and keep giving them same placebos in a NEW PACKAGE every day in the name of new research.

People think that there is a magic pill that will take away their problem for good even though they keep doing the wrong thing which gave them the problem.

I believe the HEALTH-CARE system should not be just to give pills and surgeries to sick.

I have an acquaintance who has gone through three blockage surgeries one every 10 years. Why? Because he does not change his life style.

So why healthy insureds keep paying the repeated mistakes. Thats why the Insurance System will not work till it comes with a Code of Conduct like AUTO INSURANCE.

No one wants to talk about it but every one wants a free fix to their problems.

Tax Dollars run schools and I 100% agree that the elementary school must provide a mandatory education on the Methods of PREVENTION and the Parents must be included in it.

Not only educating children but must get them passing grade on implementing the lessons learned. Otherwise any other education which not used will go waste.

We can not live without rules, police, judges and prisons in this society. Healthy living style is no exception and is one of these social issues we have to learn and teach at young age who eventually otherwise will be in the surgeon's operation theater in about 40 years of eating sweet poison.

GOD BLESS AMERICA & THIS WORLD.

]]> By: John 55, Fort Belvio http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-12660 John 55, Fort Belvio Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:43:31 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-12660 All, healthcare will be the number one issue in America in the next 25 years along with oil prices. As the baby booomer's retirement reach its peak, the demand for healthcare will surpass the supply. What does that mean? It means that capitalist healthcare will FAIL and most Americans will not have the resources to obtain good or decent healthcare. Current healthcare system will not be able keep up with the demand. So, what do we do it about it? If we go universal healthcare, we will be no better off. Look north to the Canada. Huge taxes and access to healthcare facility is ridiculous. Maybe we should allow government regulation? Then again, it may lower the quality of care, no incentive for providers to maintain high quality when everyone is getting the same amount. Besides, the rate of nurses retiring and lack of nurses graduating will add to the shortage of healthcare providers A possible solution: everyone must have healthcare insurance just like car insurance. Keep a salary CAP on providers and government must assist to fund research & development to keep cost down. Reality: there really is no answer. Cost is the main the driving factor as US spends incredible amount of money on drug & equipment (tech) development, while other countries merely copy what we descovered. JL All, healthcare will be the number one issue in America in the next 25 years along with oil prices. As the baby booomer's retirement reach its peak, the demand for healthcare will surpass the supply. What does that mean? It means that capitalist healthcare will FAIL and most Americans will not have the resources to obtain good or decent healthcare. Current healthcare system will not be able keep up with the demand.

So, what do we do it about it? If we go universal healthcare, we will be no better off. Look north to the Canada. Huge taxes and access to healthcare facility is ridiculous. Maybe we should allow government regulation? Then again, it may lower the quality of care, no incentive for providers to maintain high quality when everyone is getting the same amount. Besides, the rate of nurses retiring and lack of nurses graduating will add to the shortage of healthcare providers

A possible solution: everyone must have healthcare insurance just like car insurance. Keep a salary CAP on providers and government must assist to fund research & development to keep cost down.

Reality: there really is no answer. Cost is the main the driving factor as US spends incredible amount of money on drug & equipment (tech) development, while other countries merely copy what we descovered.

JL

]]> By: Jim, Wisconsin http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-12547 Jim, Wisconsin Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:53:25 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-12547 The last thing you want is more goverment intervention and rules, I believe the young people need to be educated by the school system and their parents not by any government body that starts banning everything that is bad for us. The public school system has to start teaching kids not indoctrinating them. There are so many adults that have gone thru the same system that their kids are going thru I really don't think anything will change for the good. Anybody that thinks that the government is looking out for the people is sadly mistaken and must have gone the same school system. The last thing you want is more goverment intervention and rules, I believe the young people need to be educated by the school system and their parents not by any government body that starts banning everything that is bad for us. The public school system has to start teaching kids not indoctrinating them. There are so many adults that have gone thru the same system that their kids are going thru I really don't think anything will change for the good. Anybody that thinks that the government is looking out for the people is sadly mistaken and must have gone the same school system.

]]> By: KANAYO LALA, ACTON, http://blog.heritage.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-12536 KANAYO LALA, ACTON, Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:04:59 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2008/10/17/there%e2%80%99s-no-such-thing-as-a-free-lunch-or-health-care/#comment-12536 I am one of the voluntarily uninsured in Massachusetts. I as a professional who carries a mandatory professional liability insurance and a typical auto operator has a mandatory auto-insurance, know that insurance policy comes with rules to follow and have dos and don'ts. Who will argue that? So how come no such thing for the Health Insurance? The reason the cost of obtaining insurance keeps going up is NO PREVENTION and Education of the younger generation for the PREVENTION. No measures other than educating young to follow PREVENTIVE METHODS will reduce the demand on facilities and eventually cost of providing the service. TAX DOLLARS can only provide education for PREVENTION as others(DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS) are not INTERESTED IN preventions. FDA will have to ban the toxic foods / unhealthy foods / unhealthy processes / over the counter drugs / etc / etc. Hope Mr Daschle & company will pay attention to this measure. Poor health is the 1/3rd cause of present economic troubles. I am one of the voluntarily uninsured in Massachusetts.

I as a professional who carries a mandatory professional liability insurance and a typical auto operator has a mandatory auto-insurance, know that insurance policy comes with rules to follow and have dos and don'ts. Who will argue that?

So how come no such thing for the Health Insurance?

The reason the cost of obtaining insurance keeps going up is NO PREVENTION and Education of the younger generation for the PREVENTION.

No measures other than educating young to follow PREVENTIVE METHODS will reduce the demand on facilities and eventually cost of providing the service.

TAX DOLLARS can only provide education for PREVENTION as others(DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS) are not INTERESTED IN preventions.

FDA will have to ban the toxic foods / unhealthy foods / unhealthy processes / over the counter drugs / etc / etc.

Hope Mr Daschle & company will pay attention to this measure.

Poor health is the 1/3rd cause of present economic troubles.

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