tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post2539756199864026169..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: What energy efficiency tells us about healthcareScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-78641334846310142742019-03-15T03:43:13.217-07:002019-03-15T03:43:13.217-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Yousufzaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950904033459775022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-50173399189775427512018-10-31T03:37:21.460-07:002018-10-31T03:37:21.460-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Timy Tonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831451615322425979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-54660678769450203352018-10-31T03:31:23.040-07:002018-10-31T03:31:23.040-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Timy Tonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831451615322425979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-38003593682340187462013-09-26T18:45:14.807-07:002013-09-26T18:45:14.807-07:00Quite a lot of information there. Thanks for the e...Quite a lot of information there. Thanks for the effort.<br /><br /><i>Check this out too:</i><br /><a href="http://www.ironcomet.com/medisoft" rel="nofollow">Medisoft</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-35466609296782579182013-04-30T14:52:35.933-07:002013-04-30T14:52:35.933-07:00marmico,
He's not comparing, he's making ...marmico,<br /><br />He's not comparing, he's making an analogous example of how freemarket forces that the energy industry enjoys over the healthcare industy, can bring about less expensive care to the later.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18190525712352815677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-67785872022618173542013-04-30T01:56:39.729-07:002013-04-30T01:56:39.729-07:00There are lots of headwinds working to slow econom...<i>There are lots of headwinds working to slow economic growth in recent years (e.g., government spending as a % of GDP is relatively high...</i><br /><br />You must be referring to mandatory means-tested transfer payments not government consumption and investment (GCI). In the first 15 quarters of the Reagan expansion, real GCI rose 21%. Likewise, in the Obama expansion, it declined 7%. That marmicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277071086056574486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-56565348205615007382013-04-29T18:42:15.230-07:002013-04-29T18:42:15.230-07:00BTW, he PCE is up only 1.0% over the past 12 month...BTW, he PCE is up only 1.0% over the past 12 months, and the more important core PCE is up only 1.1%.<br /><br />Inflation is dead. Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-27746682899122775652013-04-29T17:58:38.356-07:002013-04-29T17:58:38.356-07:00Excellent charts.
I agree---but do the American p...Excellent charts.<br /><br />I agree---but do the American people?<br /><br />Remember the Terri Schiavo case? She was the brain-dead carcass being kept alive in Floroda, and her husband wanted to pull the plug (reasonably, back in 2005).<br /><br />The US Congress actually held a special session (George Bush cancelled a vacation to attend!) to keep her "alive." I hate to say it, butBenjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-4662277959968727262013-04-29T14:12:15.105-07:002013-04-29T14:12:15.105-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Divsurgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09045309175306331700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-69162831584860728402013-04-29T10:55:38.538-07:002013-04-29T10:55:38.538-07:00You missed the one really big point. Health care i...You missed the one really big point. Health care is a government supported industry cartel with monopolistic protections everywhere; federal, state, and local.<br /><br />That is what all those regulations are about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-11992548554494519432013-04-29T10:50:26.866-07:002013-04-29T10:50:26.866-07:00Great points, but this argument was ignored before...Great points, but this argument was ignored before the ACA became law. I blame the right in this. They could not make the sale to show a viable alternative.<br /><br />I'm a huge believer of HSAs and my business focuses on healthcare and Medicare planning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034123803715253207noreply@blogger.com