June 21, 2007
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Ezra Klein offers a theory to explain my prediction that he will die a libertarian. I’m going to keep my reasons for that prediction close to my vest. But I will say that his recent comment about “intellectual disagreements” is not among them.
A few observations in response to his most recent post:
A libertarian health policy would not prescribe $30,000 health insurance deductibles, or any size deductible. But Klein knows that.
A patient on a gurney has no bargaining power. I know that. Klein knows that. He knows that I know that. He also knows that most treatment settings are non-emergent. But let’s see if this straw man is really so easily razed. I’m guessing we could also agree that the patient has more bargaining power later, once his situation is no longer emergent. And I think we could likewise agree that a good way to protect the most vulnerable gurney-jockey from […]
Original post by Michael F. Cannon