tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post7051124930292568359..comments2023-09-07T04:24:11.648-06:00Comments on y-intercept blog: Accounting for Healthy-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-57848023778526522202010-01-22T10:07:02.508-07:002010-01-22T10:07:02.508-07:00It is a big mistake to develop the health plan for...It is a big mistake to develop the health plan for all based on a few exception. Yes, there childrens who have genetic diseases that costs millions of dollars to treat. No society has come up with a good answer to this dilemma. For example, Cuba aggressively screens pregnancies and aborts up to half of all pregnancies every year to stop childhood disease. Those who see babies as a form of human life don't really see killing babies as a disease.<br /><br />The single payer sytems in Europe shows a high fatality rate for these children. Socialized medicine makes cost benefit analysis for the state and rejects claims for a lot of diseases.<br /><br />That said, the Medical Savings and Loan does well by people suffering both catastrophic illness and chronic disease as it helps with financial planning and gives the patient direct control over their health resources.<br /><br />This post did not jump into the repayment mechanism for the loans. The repayment mechanism will be set in accord to the patient's income (and wealth).<br /><br />A person who has the means to pay for their chronic condition will end up having the tools to be self sufficient. A person who does not have the resources will end up defaulting on some of the loans.<br /><br />There is a point at which a person with a chronic condition will need to seek public assistance. <br /><br />The medical savings and loan creates a paradigm where it takes all the people who can be self sufficient off the table and clarifies just who needs public assistence.<br /><br />Once you have a large number of strong, healthy people ... they start helping others.<br /><br />The alternative of forceing everyone into a state of dependency to handle simply impoverishes the entire society while not saving the patients used to justify the power grab.<br /><br />Your notion that we should make others weaker to render aid just results in a dysfunctional society.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-46542132420593362832010-01-20T14:27:34.466-07:002010-01-20T14:27:34.466-07:00There really has to be a better instrument to prot...There really has to be a better instrument to protecting one's health than a Medical Savings and Loan given that such an approach does little to protect individuals from the various chronic illnesses that have a genetic component. Such an approach also does little to protect those who are young and have had little opportunity to accrue savings before they become ill.Wellescent Health Bloghttp://wellescent.com/blog/siteblog.phpnoreply@blogger.com