tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181810725696409953.post1061235302647461518..comments2024-03-17T04:20:11.083-04:00Comments on The Population Health Blog: Reform Medicare. Appoint Guardians. Next?Jaan Sidorovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05072456803925863874noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181810725696409953.post-55902836474772882472009-03-24T09:35:00.000-04:002009-03-24T09:35:00.000-04:00While I'm sympathetic to Get Off's point of view, ...While I'm sympathetic to Get Off's point of view, I recall that Medicare and Medicaid were created because the elderly and the economically disadvantaged pretty much shut out from accessing doctors and health care. When markets fail, government steps in. As a result, from the Big Picture point of view, government involvement has arguably been one of the crowning achievements of U.S. involvement in healthcare.<BR/><BR/>That being said, there are other problems. One approach is to harness markets, the other is to increase government involvement. The two aren't necessarily exclusive, and that's where the debate lies......Jaan Sidorovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072456803925863874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181810725696409953.post-86886019682917883622009-03-23T11:53:00.000-04:002009-03-23T11:53:00.000-04:00I agree with you that the biggest problem is Medic...I agree with you that the biggest problem is Medicare itself. In fact, we have a Medicare-Medicaid crisis, not a health care crisis. Which means, in short, once the government gets involved in the overall health care service system, we're finished. That's when the real crisis begins.Get Off My Backhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461493394831426978noreply@blogger.com