Debating Voucher Program And Its Effects

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[font=georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif]Paul Krugman's reason for not supporting the Voucher program Republicans are pushing for.



[font=georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif]Bear in mind that health expenses will still have to be mainly paid for by some kind of insurance; that’s in the nature of medical care, with its high but unpredictable cost. So what we’re doing here is replacing government insurance with a program that gives people money to buy private insurance — that is, adding an extra layer of middlemen. Why would this save money? I guess the answer is supposed to be the magic of the marketplace — but we have the experience of Medicare Advantage, plus studies of Medicaid versus private insurance, plus the raw fact that America relies more on private insurance than any other nation and also has by far the highest costs. Nothing, absolutely nothing, in the record suggests that this will do anything other than make health care less efficient.

[font=georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif]And for those demanding documentation, it’s coming; too busy today.



[font=georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif]So where are the savings? The answer is, it’s basically a way to deny health care to people while denying that you’re doing so. You don’t say, “we won’t pay for this care”, you just hand people a voucher and let them discover that it won’t buy adequate insurance. It’s health-care rationing — but by money instead of deliberate choice.



[font=georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif]I'm presenting this opinion in the hope someone who believes the voucher program is a good idea and that it will indeed help lower costs would present either facts or logical opinions that support this belief.



[font=georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif]Obamacare and the effects of it is not the subject of this post.The Voucher program presented and supported by Republicans is.