tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post4884722248688256821..comments2023-09-07T04:24:11.648-06:00Comments on y-intercept blog: Wellness Paradigmy-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-13861695349269687222009-01-19T22:57:00.000-07:002009-01-19T22:57:00.000-07:00I agree that the methods that Daschle is likely to...I agree that the methods that Daschle is likely to choose will be antithetical to his goal.<BR/><BR/>The way I see it. Republicans aren't allowed to create paradigm shifts. If Republicans were wise, they would grab this one, and really pound on the message that releases the free market would lead to wellness.<BR/><BR/>Democratics are adept at stealing Republican ideas; So, I think their paradigm shifts should be fair game.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-26105009454359079352009-01-19T11:40:00.000-07:002009-01-19T11:40:00.000-07:00Daschle is right. We don't have a health centered...Daschle is right. We don't have a health centered 'health care system.' We have a disease centered system. And, as recent studies have shown, about 92% of all government expenditures in that system are for procedures that are effective less than 6% of the time.<BR/><BR/>The problem we run into when government decides that we need new wellness initiatives is that the only real tools available to it are politics and coercion.<BR/><BR/>Wellness policies will be designed by a process of political wrangling. Thus, they will become as strange and convoluted as the tax code. These screwed up policies will also be coercively applied like the tax code. Get ready for the fast food police. The result will be significantly limited freedom with no substantial improvement in health.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.com