Comments on: Municipalize Medicine?

By: Overcoming Bias : Municipalize Drug Law

Overcoming Bias : Municipalize Drug Law — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:00:11 +0000

[...] in ’09 I suggested a similar solution on medicine. There’s no way we’ll substantially privatize medicine [...]

By: TheMoneyIllusion » Tyler Cowen’s curious curiosity

TheMoneyIllusion » Tyler Cowen’s curious curiosity — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:34:58 +0000

[...] Update: Here is the Hanson post. [...]

By: Overcoming Bias : Flexible Law Wins

Overcoming Bias : Flexible Law Wins — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:07:46 +0000

[...] Given all these relevant factors, it remains quite unclear which places will be the most congenial to the next big growth mode. Perhaps change will favor places where policy is decided at a more local level, as local policy is easier to change. (This favors, for example, municipalizing medicine.) [...]

By: TheMoneyIllusion » So you say you want Nordic-style socialism?

TheMoneyIllusion » So you say you want Nordic-style socialism? — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:21:21 +0000

[...] Many on the left say we should adopt the European health care system. A good place to start would be federalism. The EU is roughly the size of the US, but has 27 members, each with their own health care system. If we are to copy Europe, the first thing to do is to delegate health care to the 50 states. No more Medicare and Medicaid. Any public health care should be fully funded at the state level, just as in Europe. My guess is that the good citizens of Houston and Dallas are not going to be enthusiastic about spending $15,000 per enrollee in McAllen, when the prestigious Mayo Clinic spends $6688 per enrollee. If those on the left aren’t enthused about this idea, then let’s not hear any more talk about copying Europe’s health care system. (After completing this post I noticed that Robin Hanson had an even better idea.) [...]

By: Overcoming Bias : The Meds In Spain Vary Mainly By The Plains

Overcoming Bias : The Meds In Spain Vary Mainly By The Plains — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:32:51 +0000

[...] In June I proposed to municipalize medicine: [...]

By: Let’s Try Everything – Local Autonomy And Innovation In Government « Let A Thousand Nations Bloom

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:26:17 +0000

[...] socialized medicine (or radical free-market medicine) could be implemented on a state-by-state (or city-by-city) basis. Some experiments will work and be universally adopted, others will fail and be [...]

By: Alex J.

Alex J. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:51:58 +0000

Conceivably to:
Treatments that aren’t subject to medicare/medicaid price limitations.
Treating people who wouldn’t have gotten treated before. (Say, cases w/ only small benefits.)
Treatments that didn’t exist before.

By: TheMoneyIllusion » That American entrepreneurial spirit

TheMoneyIllusion » That American entrepreneurial spirit — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:23:22 +0000

[...] Many on the left say we should adopt the European health care system. A good place to start would be federalism. The EU is roughly the size of the US, but has 27 members, each with their own health care system. If we are to copy Europe, the first thing to do is to delegate health care to the 50 states. No more Medicare and Medicaid. Any public health care should be fully funded at the state level, just as in Europe. My guess is that the good citizens of Houston and Dallas are not going to be enthusiastic about spending $15,000 per enrollee in McAllen, when the prestigious Mayo Clinic spends $6688 per enrollee. If those on the left aren’t enthused about this idea, then let’s not hear any more talk about copying Europe’s health care system. (After completeing this post I noticed that Robin Hanson had an even better idea.) [...]

By: Overcoming Bias : Remember The HMO Revolution

Overcoming Bias : Remember The HMO Revolution — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:00:35 +0000

[...] Arnold Kling suggested making the public plan a high-deductible catastrophic plan, and I suggested making medicine municipal. But Obama’s main hope is apparently none of these; it instead [...]

By: Kenny Evitt

Kenny Evitt — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:42:59 +0000

Robin – your blog isn’t the venue to determine the political palatableness of a reasonable sideways policy-tug.
Josh – yes, yes, your criticism and your proposals are all well and good, but they’re as a improbable as Robin’s innocuous suggestion. And just because something is illegal, doesn’t mean it doesn’t frequently occur, more so for illegals acts that are hard to identify and lightly punished.