Comments on: Health Care Reform: In Defense of Single Payer Systems http://vox-nova.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/ Catholic perspectives on culture, society, and politics Wed, 16 May 2012 21:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Health Care Costs « Vox Nova http://vox-nova.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-58293 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:19:53 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-58293 [...] companies from discrimination based on “pre-existing” conditions. I personally think single payer is the best system, as it lowers premia from the broadest possible coverage, does not waste money on rent-seeking [...]

]]> By: Health Care Around the World « Vox Nova http://vox-nova.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-19632 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:58:45 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-19632 [...] Care Around the World It’s been a while since I wrote about my favorite topic. But now, Jonathan Cohn discusses an interesting PBS documentary on comparative health care systems [...]

]]> By: Denying Claims « Vox Nova http://vox-nova.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-5135 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:45:52 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-5135 [...] form of social insurance is a single payer model, with one large risk pool, and one insurer (see here for arguments in favor). But there are other ways. For example, Clinton’s approach would [...]

]]> By: Why I Like Hillary’s Health Care Proposals « Vox Nova http://vox-nova.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-2681 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:52:23 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-2681 [...] risk pool has huge advantages, which is why I am a big supporter of single payer systems (see here for the full argument in all its gory details). Suffice it to say here that I believe it would be [...]

]]> By: Rising Numbers of Uninsured « Vox Nova http://vox-nova.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-129 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:10:06 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-129 [...] down from 60.2% in 2005. This is a crisis that is not going to abate. I sincerely believe that a single payer system is the best option, from the point of view of efficiency, equity and solidarity (follow link to the [...]

]]> By: Nicholas Clifford http://vox-nova.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-43 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:04:05 +0000 http://voxnova2.wordpress.com/2007/06/26/health-care-reform-in-defense-of-single-payer-systems/#comment-43 Excellent article; how could one not be persuaded by this argumentation? Though I’d like to know a bit more about what works well, and what works less well in single-payer systems and what the alternatives might be (i.e., in mixed systems).

I’m surprised to learn that there are Catholic objections to the single payer system on grounds of subsidiarity. Are they peculiar to the US? Does one hear them from English Catholics, say, about the National Health Service?

In any case, Catholic teachings on subsidiarity, excellent though they are, might be a bit more convincing were they followed by those who manage the Church and its affairs.

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