http://www.jocund.net/brian/2007/02/11/obama-joins-race-with-goals-set-high/ freedom is the silence of the law Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:17:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.jocund.net/brian/2007/02/11/obama-joins-race-with-goals-set-high/#comment-361 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:00:02 +0000 http://www.jocund.net/brian/2007/02/11/obama-joins-race-with-goals-set-high/#comment-361 The idea of shifting it to the states, instead of federal government, is that states are large enough to achieve economies of scale, but more localized, as to provide the services that it's constituents wants/needs the most. Different insurance companies can then bid on a state-level to handle that state's health care. And it also would reduce the size of the federal government. I'm not a fan of big government. The idea of shifting it to the states, instead of federal government, is that states are large enough to achieve economies of scale, but more localized, as to provide the services that it’s constituents wants/needs the most. Different insurance companies can then bid on a state-level to handle that state’s health care. And it also would reduce the size of the federal government. I’m not a fan of big government.

]]> http://www.jocund.net/brian/2007/02/11/obama-joins-race-with-goals-set-high/#comment-360 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:30:24 +0000 http://www.jocund.net/brian/2007/02/11/obama-joins-race-with-goals-set-high/#comment-360 Since you brought it up, I thought I'd mention that the ideal of universal fire suppression is relatively new and not entirely realized. Back in the 1800s, fire brigades were funded by insurance companies; the insurers would pay fire companies that fought fires at their insured property. In certain parts of rural America, fire coverage is still not assured; if an affected homeowner doesn't pay the annual fire suppression fee, the local fire department will not put out fires in his house. It turns out that firefighting is very expensive; so is unviersal health care (albeit on a much larger scale). My primary concern is the cost, and I'm not sure that shifting the burden to the states would make things cheaper. Since you brought it up, I thought I’d mention that the ideal of universal fire suppression is relatively new and not entirely realized. Back in the 1800s, fire brigades were funded by insurance companies; the insurers would pay fire companies that fought fires at their insured property. In certain parts of rural America, fire coverage is still not assured; if an affected homeowner doesn’t pay the annual fire suppression fee, the local fire department will not put out fires in his house. It turns out that firefighting is very expensive; so is unviersal health care (albeit on a much larger scale). My primary concern is the cost, and I’m not sure that shifting the burden to the states would make things cheaper.

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