I have a comment for him:  Often I leave a post here, posing what I hope are thoughtful questions and comments that I hope to see answers to, that I also hope may cause some insightful discussion.  Many of those posts go completely unanswered.  It doesn’t bother me!  It simply means that my concerns – and the direction of my thoughts – lie in areas that other simply aren’t interested in.  AND THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT!  You know, to simply not be interested.

Why in world does he get so hot and bothered about not being answered “correctly”.  (They all seem to do this, by the way).  They never understand that other people are busy with their own lives, and have their own way of thinking, and you do NOT GET TO COMPEL THEM to fall into line.  Sheesh.

I’d also add that if I, a conservative, invaded a liberal commentary blog, there’s no way you’d see me acting the way this arrogant idiot acts around here.  Book wants me to treat him seriously.  I’m sorry, I simply cannot.
 

I even wrote about the costs of healthcare and while I didn’t specifically address one of the major ways we can rein in costs, I thought it might have been a little obvious since I talked about litigation. The first thing we need to do to rein in healthcare costs is TORT REFORM. Hard to do since the American Trial Lawyers Association fights things like that tooth and claw. (vide aviation tort reform.)

As I wrote earlier, the costs of malpractice premiums are through the roof. Ob-gyn’s can barely stay afloat (they have among the highest malpractice permiiums, thank you, John Edwards.)

Allowing interstate purchasing of health insurance would help reduce insurane–and health care costs.

Oh, and TAXING MEDICAL DEVICES, oh, yeah! THAT is sure to reduce healthcare costs. (Sarcasm!) Taxing medical devices just adds to the costs of health care.

“Oh, the children! The children!” Thousand of children do die every year. But lack of health insurance isn’t the reason or cause. For those families not covered by Medicaid (because they make to much money), S-CHIP wass passed (now known as CHIP). The State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

The numbers of uninsured people in this country is fairly small. A large percentage of those are people who risk it because they are young and healthy. There are others who don’t even try to see what may be available out there. (After I graduated, I BOUGHT MY OWN HEALTH INSURANCE through my alumni association. I didn’t whine because no one gave it to me, and because my part-time job didn’t offer any.)

I did know one person who died of breast cancer who was uninsured. She and her boyfriend weren’t wealthy, but they could have afforded to buy their own health insurance.  Both lived in Marin. Both were independent contractors who ran their own businesses. When I first looked at setting up my own business (which I ultimately did NOT do), I looked at the costs of insurance, from health insurance, to disability insurance, to E&O insurance. Any person setting up their own business should be looking at all of that. This couple was not.

Sure, there are problems in our current system. Any conservative will admit that. But our approach is to try and address the specific issues, rather than to scrap what really is an EXCELLENT healthcare to base it on socialized medicine. (You think Medicaid and the VA work so great? Well, that’s what’s in store for ALL of us soon!

I wouldn’t even give it a C+, Charles.  I caught a “few good nuggets” amidst the dross is all.  And yes, the vast majority of it was just liberal shibboleths, but at high volume and with energy.  And as far as rants go, you can’t divide a rant into sections.   That loses significant style points, because it ranting is an art form, and you must not impose structure upon a rant.