On Sat, 9 Oct 2010 19:44:26 -0400, BAR wrote:

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On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:57:25 -0500, Jim wrote:

Health care is less "free market" than even auto insurance or cable TV.

We fired our cable company and went to satellite. Auto insurance
seems to have lots of competetion these days, and even boat insurance
is getting better/cheaper.

That's because you don't use your auto or boat insurance every time you
go fill up your tank or get a tune up. They are real insurance. Health
insurance is not real insurance.

I understand your point. It is important to remember how health
insurance started: It was offered as a fringe benefit by employers
as an inducement to attract and retain good employees. Then it
morphed into an entittlement starting with Medicare/Medicaid.