{"id":3671,"date":"2009-12-04T12:05:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T17:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2009-12-04T16:07:02","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T21:07:02","slug":"how-to-fix-health-care-lasik-surgery-for-the-medical-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orthodoxytoday.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/how-to-fix-health-care-lasik-surgery-for-the-medical-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix Health Care: Lasik Surgery For The Medical Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMake no mistake about it. Health care reform is coming. But what’s the best way to fix our health care system, which is an inefficient, complicated mess of private actors, third-party payers, public subsidies, and innumerable state and federal regulations? Should we place our faith in the government or in the free market? <\/p>\n

ObamaCare supporters argue that the answer lies in more government\u2014more subsidies, more regulations, a law mandating individuals buy health-insurance coverage and, of course, more taxes to pay for it all.<\/p>\n

The alternative is to base reforms on what works in the other five-sixths of the U.S. economy, where choice and competition increase quality and drive down prices over time.<\/p>\n

Can a market-based health care system work? We can begin to answer this question by looking at Lasik, a medical procedure that’s not covered by health insurance. And has gotten better\u2014and cheaper\u2014over time.<\/p>\n

“How to Fix Health Care” proposes three simple reforms that will put us on a path to a health-care system that’s better, more affordable, and more accessible. And get this\u2014these market-based reforms can be implemented without creating new government programs or raising taxes.<\/p>\n

Approximately 8.30 minutes. Produced by Paul Feine and Meredith Bragg. Hosted by Nick Gillespie.<\/p>\n

For downloadable versions of this and other videos, go to http:\/\/reason.tv<\/p>\n

How to Fix Health Care: Lasik Surgery For The Medical Debate<\/strong>
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