Health Reform: Where is it heading?

[PZ99]

I'll make a deal with the fed & state Govts.

Reduce the exorbitant cost of car rego / insurance (which was also cheap prior to medicare) and the money saved can fund my private health care, which I've never had because I can't afford it.

Or... the dollar value of my unused sickies at work can contribute to my private health every year instead of being forfeited to my employer when I quit my job.

 

[SirRumpole]

Or... the dollar value of my unused sickies at work can contribute to my private health every year instead of being forfeited to my employer when I quit my job.

That's a very good idea. I had about 100 days of unused sick leave when I retired and lost them all. People in the Senior Executive Service were able to cash them in.

Health Insurance should be provided by government on a cost recovery basis. Having a profit perogative makes it prohibitively expensive for most people these days.