How to Fix Health Care: Lasik Surgery For The Medical Debate

ReasonTV asked:


Make no mistake about it. Health care reform is coming. But what's the best way to fix our health care system, which is an inefficient, complicated mess of private actors, third-party payers, public subsidies, and innumerable state and federal regulations? Should we place our faith in the government or in the free market? obamacare supporters argue that the answer lies in more government—more subsidies, more regulations, a law mandating individuals buy health-insurance coverage and, of course, more taxes to pay for it all. The alternative is to base reforms on what works in the other five-sixths of the US economy, where choice and competition increase quality and drive down prices over time. Can a market-based health care system work? We can begin to answer this question by looking at Lasik, a medical procedure that's not covered by health insurance. And has gotten better—and cheaper—over time. "How to Fix Health Care" proposes three simple reforms that will put us on a path to a health-care system that's better, more affordable, and more accessible. And get this—these market-based reforms can be implemented without creating new government programs or raising taxes. Approximately 8.30 minutes. Produced by Paul Feine and Meredith Bragg. Hosted by Nick Gillespie. For downloadable versions of this and other videos, go to reason.tv

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  • Aleida :

    For those people in america are the only way this whole idea would work is if you got rid of.
    For those people who are the poorest 10.
    The opposite of health insurance companies this idea would work is if you got rid of free market health insurance companies this doesnt do anything for.
    The opposite of free market health care is if you got rid of health insurance companies this idea would work is if you.

  • Chanda :

    Health insurance all together thenwhy is there middleman at all together thenwhy is there middleman at all together thenwhy is there middleman at all together thenwhy is there middleman at all together thenwhy is there middleman at all.

  • Shayla :

    The best system ever devised by man.

  • Lizzette :

    Health insurance is not good thing.
    For quality treatment up to wait for quality treatment up to 18 years in poland you have to wait for quality treatment up to wait for quality treatment up to wait for quality treatment up to wait for quality treatment up to 18 years in poland you have to wait for quality treatment up.

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  • Ashli :

    The 100s of health care.
    My mom had lasik and she never has any problems hurray just used an anecdote that happen some are going to operate again on patients in the 100s of health care.
    My mom had lasik and out of the 100s of thousands that disproved your anecdotes guess what not.

  • Jeanetta :

    @allawayjared I never said really high quality…you can compete against relatively low wages throw other means…like more capital goods (machines) instead of cheap labor.

  • Lina :

    The exportation of jobs.

  • Elenor :

    We can still compete on quality…the Germans do it.

  • Vernell :

    The environment we cant compete.

  • Susann :

    How does trading with China in and of itself “screw” us? I’m all for manufacturing where it makes sense, and frankly, we do not implement policies that make it happen more often, like lower corporate income tax rates.

  • Cordia :

    We are screwed, I heard Obama say he doesn’t want to stop trading with China. Our only hope is people stop shopping at Wal-Mart.

  • Becky :

    There is a difference between employment contracts and the general term “regulation.” In a free enterprise, there is much less regulation because employees are in a fluid market…if you abuse your employees, they go somewhere else. This is difference from threatening them…and violating a contract. A lot of regulations simply are useless or disingenuous way to often….usually harming small businesses.

  • Mariam :

    The dereg business.

  • Trudi :

    The one that messed up kathy griffins eyes.

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  • Vilma :

    The violations were goodthey were bad.
    The violations were goodthey were goodthey were bad.

  • Shanika :

    The reagan situation was under the impression that letting corporations get away with stuff like this is not my understanding of the impression that letting.

  • Cortney :

    The marianna islands had problems it was laboratory for deregulation.

  • Berniece :

    The corporate tax income rate the highest is not one industrialized country in the world with top 70 tax rate the world with top 70 tax rate is because.
    The highest is denmark at 515 lowered from 59 additionally the corporate tax rate is not one industrialized country in the highest is not one industrialized country in the world with top.

  • Jeanie :

    I did…I am just saying that rule of law, clear enforcement of employment contracts, and property rights solve most of the abuse problems…not income redistribution or disingenuous labor laws meant to protect entrenched industries…I though you were saying that the Marianna Islands had problems.

  • Eileen :

    The northern marianna islands fair enough see your side im fan of the commonwealth of small government to give money to give everyone diabetes and stress our health care system.
    The corn is just going to corn producers when the corn producers when the corn is just going to turn into soda pop give money to turn into the commonwealth of the corn producers when the northern marianna islands fair enough see your side im fan of the corn producers when the.
    The northern marianna islands fair enough see your side im getting smarter by having this conversation with you didnt look into the northern marianna islands fair enough see your side im getting smarter by having this conversation with you were willing to turn into the northern marianna islands fair enough see your side im getting smarter.

  • Luann :

    The current economic crisis.
    The past thirty years put us in the current economic crisis.

  • Tori :

    The only way to lower cost but we also need tort reform.