Comments on: Insurance at what cost? http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/01/09/insurance-at-what-cost/ news and views from uc berkeley Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:11:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: anonymous http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/01/09/insurance-at-what-cost/#comment-23583 anonymous Fri, 11 Jan 2008 04:28:57 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/01/09/insurance-at-what-cost/#comment-23583 finish the rest of the website please! also its not May 2007 anymore, please update it! its winter break its not like classes are hindering you. finish the rest of the website please! also its not May 2007 anymore, please update it!

its winter break its not like classes are hindering you.

]]> By: Fifth Avenue Bystander http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/01/09/insurance-at-what-cost/#comment-23582 Fifth Avenue Bystander Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:47:57 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/01/09/insurance-at-what-cost/#comment-23582 Is it possible to reform government in ways to make it accountable? Surely there are ways to make it better. As it is however anything entrusted to the government tends to lead to extreme waste. That includes by the way defense spending. This is not to say corporatism is a waste free alternative (and I think you have to separate corporatism from "free market".) I just wonder why we are discussing government take over of health care without reform, or looking at localized rather than federal options. And why have we placed regulation on par with spending when surely we might do much better to regulate against failures and excesses(requiring certain levels of care) rather than putting the health care system into the hands of government. Is it possible to reform government in ways to make it accountable? Surely there are ways to make it better. As it is however anything entrusted to the government tends to lead to extreme waste. That includes by the way defense spending.

This is not to say corporatism is a waste free alternative (and I think you have to separate corporatism from “free market”.) I just wonder why we are discussing government take over of health care without reform, or looking at localized rather than federal options.

And why have we placed regulation on par with spending when surely we might do much better to regulate against failures and excesses(requiring certain levels of care) rather than putting the health care system into the hands of government.

]]> By: Scott http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/01/09/insurance-at-what-cost/#comment-23580 Scott Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:23:36 +0000 http://www.californiapatriot.org/blog/2008/01/09/insurance-at-what-cost/#comment-23580 Even if your company already covers employees health insurance, if the cost is not equal to or higher than the city's mandated cost per employee, you still have to pay a fee to the city, to make sure your business is paying its "fair share". I'm sure a "fair share" of businesses will shrink to less than 20 employees quickly. Others will continue to cover their employees and not comply with the city's law. Other businesses will simply leave and relocate to more business-friendly cities. I left SF years ago because of nonsense like this, as well as the decay of the quality of life in the city as a whole. I wouldn't go back for all the tea in China. Even if your company already covers employees health insurance, if the cost is not equal to or higher than the city’s mandated cost per employee, you still have to pay a fee to the city, to make sure your business is paying its “fair share”.

I’m sure a “fair share” of businesses will shrink to less than 20 employees quickly. Others will continue to cover their employees and not comply with the city’s law. Other businesses will simply leave and relocate to more business-friendly cities.

I left SF years ago because of nonsense like this, as well as the decay of the quality of life in the city as a whole. I wouldn’t go back for all the tea in China.

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