Comments on: The Overextended US Health Care System http://dailyreckoning.com/the-overextended-us-health-care-system/ Entertaining Ideas on the Economy, Markets, Gold, Oil and Investing Strategies. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:16:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: r. naydur http://dailyreckoning.com/the-overextended-us-health-care-system/#comment-10482 r. naydur Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:55:32 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=16130#comment-10482 C.Union "HMO's etc are prepaid w/ big interest collected in advance, not real 'insurance.'" C.Union “HMO’s etc
are prepaid w/ big interest
collected in advance, not real ‘insurance.’”

]]> By: Christine http://dailyreckoning.com/the-overextended-us-health-care-system/#comment-10441 Christine Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:55:16 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=16130#comment-10441 ... or perhaps it means that the more you spend on healthcare, the faster you die? … or perhaps it means that the more you spend on healthcare, the faster you die?

]]> By: Tom http://dailyreckoning.com/the-overextended-us-health-care-system/#comment-10422 Tom Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:27:40 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=16130#comment-10422 Larry is right. Health is a public good. "Market" is inefficient here. That's why in Europe full coverage for everybody costs much less in aggregate. Larry is right. Health is a public good. “Market” is inefficient here. That’s why in Europe full coverage for everybody costs much less in aggregate.

]]> By: Larry http://dailyreckoning.com/the-overextended-us-health-care-system/#comment-10364 Larry Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:05:13 +0000 http://dailyreckoning.com/?p=16130#comment-10364 We need single payer not for profit health care. We spend too much money for health care that goes to Wall Street, bonuses, executive salaries and corporate beauracracies. Private health insurance is too wasteful. We need single payer not for profit health care.

We spend too much money for health care that goes to Wall Street, bonuses, executive salaries and corporate beauracracies. Private health insurance is too wasteful.

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