https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/5.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317424.aspxThu, 25 Mar 2010 00:34:33 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:317424fakename0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317424.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=317424<p>Rationing under a (relatively) free market is a lot different than one with more state intervention. In the former, there are actually incentives to improve quality and quantity in the other the incentives lead to an opposing outcome.&nbsp; </p> <p>In any case, what&#39;s in a name? If rationing is just comparative effectiveness then I guess comparative effectiveness is rationing -I&#39;m sure leibniz had something to say about this.</p> <p>In the last analysis too, I noticed things without scientific proof won&#39;t be funded anymore. Scientific proof itself wasn&#39;t always considered scientific and was outlawed for a long time and now we humans are going to just say &quot;after 10,000 years of mistakes we&#39;re finally confident enough to say &#39;we have objective truth&#39; and that anything which is not consonant with this will be outlawed&quot;?&nbsp; This constitutes a rebellion against human reason, and nature!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317398.aspxWed, 24 Mar 2010 23:07:34 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:317398DD50https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/317398.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=317398<p>Don&#39;t you love it how Statists all of a sudden acknowledge scarcity only after they take over.</p> <p>From CNN:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/03/24/health.care.viewer.faqs/index.html?hpt=C1">Answers To Your Questions on Healthcare</a></p> <p><i><br /></i></p> <p><strong><strong><i>Question:</i></strong><i>&nbsp;Is there anything in the bill about rationing health care?</i></strong></p> <p><strong><i>Answer:</i></strong><i>&nbsp;No one is using the term &quot;rationing&quot; as part of the bill. But there is a term called comparative effectiveness. And that&#39;s this idea that we figure out what works in medicine and make sure to pay for those things. This also means that there are a lot of things being done right now where there&#39;s not scientific proof that it works and maybe those things won&#39;t get paid any more. Some people call that rationing. Other people say, look, rationing exists under the current system. It&#39;s just that the insurance companies are essentially rationing by denying payment or dropping people off their coverage.</i></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>If anybody wants to take a crack at debunking this &quot;answer&quot;, go right ahead.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>