Comments on: Dems United Towards Health Care For All http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2008/08/11/dems-united-towards-health-care-for-all/ Research and discussion of the Colorado health insurance industry and the healthcare crisis in America. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Brian T. Schwartz http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/2008/08/11/dems-united-towards-health-care-for-all/comment-page-1/#comment-11308 Brian T. Schwartz Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:02:37 +0000 http://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/blog1/?p=510#comment-11308 Truth-in-labeling would require describing the Democrat plan has mandatory politically-defined health insurance for all. Or one might quibble that the insurance they want to force everyone to pay for is more like <a href="http://www.cato-unbound.org/2007/01/08/arnold-kling/insulation-vs-insurance/" rel="nofollow">prepaid health care</a>. In any case, they miss the distinction between health care and health insurance. Having "coverage" does not guarantee receiving care, as shown in examples <a href="http://www.patientpowernow.org/2008/08/12/krugman-ignorant-liar/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Politicians are masters of defining their policies by their alleged ends rather than their actual processes. "Public education" is less accurate, and sounds better than "Compulsory government-run schools." "Welfare" sounds better than "compulsory government-run charity." The "War on Drugs" sounds better then "prohibition" or the "war on drug users". Truth-in-labeling would require describing the Democrat plan has mandatory politically-defined health insurance for all. Or one might quibble that the insurance they want to force everyone to pay for is more like prepaid health care. In any case, they miss the distinction between health care and health insurance. Having “coverage” does not guarantee receiving care, as shown in examples here.

Politicians are masters of defining their policies by their alleged ends rather than their actual processes. “Public education” is less accurate, and sounds better than “Compulsory government-run schools.” “Welfare” sounds better than “compulsory government-run charity.” The “War on Drugs” sounds better then “prohibition” or the “war on drug users”.

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