The Disappearance of Health Insurance

[zippo222]

i think the less people that have health insurance the better. if they cannot afford it that is down to personal decision they made in life which they themselves and noone else are responsible for. if less of us have health insurance then that is less of us demanding as as a right to jump the que over those lesser people with no insurnace. i love the way health insurance puts things into perspective. i can see what consultant i want when i want and that is they way it should be, those who dont pay well im not overly concerned about them, they made their choices in life just as i did.

Do you pay for your Health Insurance with capital letters ?

[damus]

People exiting PHI = less membership = less income for PHI companies = less income via premiums to pay for treatments and high cost patients = less company profits = reduced level of benefits = increased co-payments for essential treatments (which we already see for orthopaedics and opthamology) = increased premium costs = more people exiting the PHI market because its becoming unaffordable = reduced income for consultants who in turn leave PHI for public practice = reduced choice for private patients = increased numbers public and private patients that ultimately will have to rely on an under-resourced and over-stretched public service.

Doesn't take a genius to work it out!

[Irish Liberty Forum]

i think the less people that have health insurance the better. if they cannot afford it that is down to personal decision they made in life which they themselves and noone else are responsible for. if less of us have health insurance then that is less of us demanding as as a right to jump the que over those lesser people with no insurnace.

People can only think in terms of a fixed pie of healthcare. The only reason there is a fixed pie of healthcare is because the government controls and produces it all, and then rations it out. There could be a vastly improved healthcare system, with a much greater supply for everyone, rich or poor. And we wouldn't have to think that whenever someone had received healthcare, someone else had necessarily gone without it as a result. If I build a house to live in, does everybody treat me like I stole it from society?