Comments on: Presidential Nominees Almost Set http://healthcarethoughts.com/2008/02/08/presidential-nominees-almost-set/ observations on healthcare, technology and the American way by Brian Sharp Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:03:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: dierbuger http://healthcarethoughts.com/2008/02/08/presidential-nominees-almost-set/#comment-111 dierbuger Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:33:52 +0000 http://healthcarethoughts.com/2008/02/08/presidential-nominees-almost-set/#comment-111 Oh man! Are you all still here? I thought this is not an interesting topic anymore! Visit other sources! Oh man! Are you all still here? I thought this is not an interesting topic anymore! Visit other sources!

]]> By: Dorrence http://healthcarethoughts.com/2008/02/08/presidential-nominees-almost-set/#comment-67 Dorrence Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:23:32 +0000 http://healthcarethoughts.com/2008/02/08/presidential-nominees-almost-set/#comment-67 On the Democratic side, it appears that the "ground swell" of support is going for Obama. Since this posting, he has won three more primaries and has now taken the lead in electoral counts. If the choice is between Hillary and Obama, the call will be a tough one. Both advocate modified forms of socialized medicine. Both have the tendency to fall towards single payer systems operated by the government. However, Hillary has a track record from 1993 when she proposed radical and exhorbitant changes in the healthcare system in the USA. Her plans from 1993 she now admits are not "necessary", but the whole matter begs the question that, if these changes proposed in 1993 were not necessary, are her plans today so? Has she in the last decade suddenly taken a greater interest in the operations of the industry? Has she suddenly learned more about the operations of insurers, underwriters, PPO networks? I fear the answer to all of these is "NO", and so we are faced with still an uninformed politician seeking to solve something they don't understand. Obama may not be any better in the end, but if the choice is between the two I personally think Obama is the safer choice from what the democrats have to offer this year. On the Democratic side, it appears that the “ground swell” of support is going for Obama. Since this posting, he has won three more primaries and has now taken the lead in electoral counts.

If the choice is between Hillary and Obama, the call will be a tough one. Both advocate modified forms of socialized medicine. Both have the tendency to fall towards single payer systems operated by the government. However, Hillary has a track record from 1993 when she proposed radical and exhorbitant changes in the healthcare system in the USA. Her plans from 1993 she now admits are not “necessary”, but the whole matter begs the question that, if these changes proposed in 1993 were not necessary, are her plans today so? Has she in the last decade suddenly taken a greater interest in the operations of the industry? Has she suddenly learned more about the operations of insurers, underwriters, PPO networks? I fear the answer to all of these is “NO”, and so we are faced with still an uninformed politician seeking to solve something they don’t understand.

Obama may not be any better in the end, but if the choice is between the two I personally think Obama is the safer choice from what the democrats have to offer this year.

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