Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Shortbuscare Date:   6/4/2015 11:19:59 AM

Not sure we are yelling and screaming.....more like robust disagreement.  But I firmly believe that it is not compassionate to have the federal government involved in health care and health insurance.  When they are everywhere its been tried it costs more, results in rationing and ultimately leads to monstrosities like the NIH in the UK.  One thing for sure is that anything the federal government is involved in will not be beneficial to a majority of Americans.

My alternative is sensible reforms using market-based principals that gets the consumer-doctor relationship as close as possible instead of thrid parties that distort the market.  Some examples include tort reform so doctors are not so inclined to practice defensive medicine.  Another is to allow portability so the insured does not rely solely on their employer for health insurance like they don't rely on the employer for homeowners or auto insurance.  A third would be to create a high risk pool that could address the issues of pre-existing conditions and that could be a place where the government can be of assistance.  There are a lot of other sensible reforms that would improve what was the best system in the world.