Comments on: NAR Gears Up for Health Care Reform http://speakingofrealestate.blogs.realtor.org/2009/06/24/nar-gears-up-for-health-care-reform/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:46:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Sikorski http://speakingofrealestate.blogs.realtor.org/2009/06/24/nar-gears-up-for-health-care-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-6389 John Sikorski Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:25:37 +0000 http://speakingofrealestate.blogs.realtor.org/?p=399#comment-6389 My take on the "Health Care Reform" efforts is pretty much against all of the proposals. I will just ask, "why is it OK to insist our neighbors pay our bills?" For health insurance, or anything else. All government redistribution programs distort, disrupt, and eventually currupt any market or area they get involved in. Want some real estate examples? How about the compassionate 'Section 8' housing assistance program? Government taxes everone, including the landlords that are receiving the rents, and gives it to people to pay rents they cannot afford. This drives up rental prices artificially, and prevents the reciepient from ever achieving a better outcome on their own, in many cases. I have to ask, where will this stop? Will the government start subsidising car insurance? Homeowners insurance? How about the car, in th einterest of equalizing mobility? Just because I am sick, does not mean my doctors should not get paid for treating me, nor should my next door neighbor be forced, by government power, to give up his freedom (That's what money represents, you know) to cover my shortage or prevent my financial ruin. Those are MY problems, and no one else's. My take on the “Health Care Reform” efforts is pretty much against all of the proposals. I will just ask, “why is it OK to insist our neighbors pay our bills?” For health insurance, or anything else.

All government redistribution programs distort, disrupt, and eventually currupt any market or area they get involved in. Want some real estate examples? How about the compassionate ‘Section 8′ housing assistance program? Government taxes everone, including the landlords that are receiving the rents, and gives it to people to pay rents they cannot afford. This drives up rental prices artificially, and prevents the reciepient from ever achieving a better outcome on their own, in many cases.

I have to ask, where will this stop? Will the government start subsidising car insurance? Homeowners insurance? How about the car, in th einterest of equalizing mobility?

Just because I am sick, does not mean my doctors should not get paid for treating me, nor should my next door neighbor be forced, by government power, to give up his freedom (That’s what money represents, you know) to cover my shortage or prevent my financial ruin. Those are MY problems, and no one else’s.

]]> By: Susan Thomas http://speakingofrealestate.blogs.realtor.org/2009/06/24/nar-gears-up-for-health-care-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-1093 Susan Thomas Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:29:26 +0000 http://speakingofrealestate.blogs.realtor.org/?p=399#comment-1093 I hope they get somewhere with this. More than that I need to be following this closely. My husbands insurance was cancelled within his company. I was diagnosed with terminal sarcoma cancer and had to go on the TX Health Risk so that there would be no lapse of coverage. There are no other options out there. It is very costly. What do people do that have no money????? Something must give soon. OBTW for you folks out there that haven't had to deal with this. There is no such thing as a COBRA plan when a company just wipes out insurance all together. I hope they get somewhere with this. More than that I need to be following this closely. My husbands insurance was cancelled within his company. I was diagnosed with terminal sarcoma cancer and had to go on the TX Health Risk so that there would be no lapse of coverage. There are no other options out there. It is very costly. What do people do that have no money????? Something must give soon. OBTW for you folks out there that haven’t had to deal with this. There is no such thing as a COBRA plan when a company just wipes out insurance all together.

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