Podcast: Micros Say No Mandates, Frown On Public Option

Posted on | June 29, 2009 | 1 Comment

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I am happy, because new microbusiness firm size data always makes me happy.

In fact, you may possibly remember my lament about having to wait for these numbers. (Lament = fancy way of saying “whine”)

Well, the wait is over.

If you don’t feel like waiting, I’ll tell you that nonemployers increased in number by almost a million in 2007, up 4.5%. For the rest, you’ll have to listen to the podcast.

The other item majorly on the agenda this week is health care reform. There are a few things I have to say about that in this week’s podcast and I’m going to say a few more things here.

First, be aware that I am not necessarily arguing in favor of the public option. Personally, I think that everybody who is engaged in the health care reform debate is barking up the wrong tree, principally because none of them seems able to travel very far outside ideas and concepts they are used to.

I’ve been saying for years that we need to separate the ideas of health care and health insurance. You can tell that we haven’t because of the way people object to public insurance by saying they don’t want the government in charge of their heath care.

(Hint: You are in charge of your health care. Unless you are incarcerated, that doesn’t change – no matter what happens to the system.)

What I am seeing here is a bunch of public option opponents (bankrolled, I suspect, largely by the insurance industry) scaring people into thinking it would be terrible if the government treated them exactly the way health insurance companies treat them now.

Go figure.

Use your head, people. That’s all I ask.

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One Response to “Podcast: Micros Say No Mandates, Frown On Public Option”

  1. Anita Campbell
    July 3rd, 2009 @ 1:19 am

    Dawn, I agree about the scaring tactics — what irks me even more is when they purport to speak on behalf of small businesses.

    I’m not big at all on government involvement as a general rule, but this is one area where we just need a completely different approach.

    It’s hard to imagine anything much worse than what we have now — a system that’s a total mess, incredibly inefficient, inherently unfair to millions who can’t get/afford coverage, and shockingly expensive to those who do have insurance coverage. And we’re supposed to be thrilled to continue with that, perhaps with a few tweaks here and there? Ugh.
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