[lbo-talk] Obama's Not-So-Affordable Care Act

[Wojtek S]

Jordan: " Is it expensive? You bet.  But
> this kind of thing, I believe, will make it more transparent just how
> expensive it is.  Which should push for fixing the main problem: cost."

[WS:]  Exactly.  IMHO, Obamacare does very little to control cost, but
it makes it easier to shift that cost from inscos and employers on
patients, as your statement implies.  For example, my premiums at JHU
will double next year plus they added $200 deductible - so I voted
with my feet and switched to my wife's insurance plan offered by the
local gov't.

Of course, this is all rearranging seats on the deck of the Titanic,
as the US has the highest health care cost in the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_(PPP)_per_capita

I am not sure, however, how to control this cost without breaking the
backbone of the AMA, hospital and big pharma lobby.

-- 
Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."