I want to see what happens in a year's time..... One month. Two months. It's still too soon to tell if something will succeed anywhere or fail anywhere. It'll take time for things to stabilise and fluctations to work out. Nothing in government or policy is an instant fix, and the expectation of such often leads to mass disappointment or disgruntlement at best. Is that what you want someone to say?
it's the truth anyway.
I dislike the law for entirely different reasons to everyone else here. And no, I don't believe the insurance companies in the states are just 'doing what they have to'. Arguably, they're the very heart of the problem and exactly why the system is so broken. Nothing will fix the system unless it takes straight aim at them, but who's going to take aim at their biggest contributor? Or when the dreaded C-word gets trotted out in the face of any government policy that actually threatens a businesses profits or business model. There is one relevant quote that always comes to mind, from the Heinlein story Life Line
A government's duty is to do what is best of the people as a whole, not for one specific business model. Especially when that model is now clearly causing far more harm than good.
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it's the truth anyway.
I dislike the law for entirely different reasons to everyone else here. And no, I don't believe the insurance companies in the states are just 'doing what they have to'. Arguably, they're the very heart of the problem and exactly why the system is so broken. Nothing will fix the system unless it takes straight aim at them, but who's going to take aim at their biggest contributor? Or when the dreaded C-word gets trotted out in the face of any government policy that actually threatens a businesses profits or business model. There is one relevant quote that always comes to mind, from the Heinlein story Life Line
Quote:There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest.
A government's duty is to do what is best of the people as a whole, not for one specific business model. Especially when that model is now clearly causing far more harm than good.
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