Comments on But, I am a Liberal!: On Health Care Reform

"I still have a lagging libertarian distrust of ma...

2009-11-27T14:41:58.804-06:00

"I still have a lagging libertarian distrust of massive government programs that are difficult to roll back if they don’t function well ..."

And therefore you suppport a single payer universal health care system? Somethings wrong here.

I don’t think there will be “universal” healthcare...

2009-11-20T12:23:41.311-06:00

I don’t think there will be “universal” healthcare or even an extensive public option in the coming years, but I do think that a more centralized system is inevitable, and that we were already well on our way to creating such a system long before Obama. I still have a lagging libertarian distrust of massive government programs that are difficult to roll back if they don’t function well, so I don’t belittle conservative criticisms of a government health run system. I simply don’t see a better way of getting adequate healthcare into every American’s hands without it.

I have problems with mandates and have problems wi...

2009-11-19T10:59:28.578-06:00

I have problems with mandates and have problems with not offering any assistance to those who can't afford adequate health-care, which makes me more center leaning in this debate. I hope something of worth comes out of all of this.

Great insight. I do believe that we will see serio...

2009-11-17T19:56:36.687-06:00

Great insight. I do believe that we will see serious change after this legislation gets through. In fact, the best chance we have for substanitive change is to use an existing successful model like this one: http://cli.gs/23yYaM/