tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post4535944525364809751..comments2023-09-07T04:24:11.648-06:00Comments on y-intercept blog: Health of the Nationy-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-27473445836313274392009-07-31T01:31:34.696-06:002009-07-31T01:31:34.696-06:00Reach,
Progressivism works by creating a defined ...Reach,<br /><br />Progressivism works by creating a defined progression toward their desired end. <br /><br />At each step in the progression, the body politic sees greater centralization as the desired path.<br /><br />Inevitably Conservatives defend the last step of the progression, while the progressives conveniently forget that they were the architects of the status quo.<br /><br />The strategy is great, unfortunately progressives are so caught up in the cleverness of their strategy that they haven't figured out that the massive concentration of power that their ideology entails is the cause of the inequities that we see in society.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-39298124774692843132009-07-30T21:02:16.763-06:002009-07-30T21:02:16.763-06:00The incentives didn't use to be so perverse wh...The incentives didn't use to be so perverse when most health insurance insured only for catastrophic losses. It wasn't even too bad when it was only 'major medical.' Then the industry figured out that it could amass hoards of new income by extending insurance coverage to even the most mundane medical treatments. That's when costs started to go through the roof. Perverse incentives, indeed.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-79639497516623179402009-07-30T18:28:43.087-06:002009-07-30T18:28:43.087-06:00Get real. Ideology over cognitive ability is trag...Get real. Ideology over cognitive ability is tragic (and laughable) to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com