Comments on: Smoking and mirrors http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/smoke-em-if-you-got-em/ Monkey #121643810 reporting for duty... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:43:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jonathan http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/smoke-em-if-you-got-em/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Jonathan Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:03:59 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/smoke-em-if-you-got-em/#comment-802 Alain: I can't argue with that, and agree that people should be better aware of what healthcare costs them. But shouldn't our employers be just as worried about the cost of healthcare and have incentive to shop around just as much? Alain: I can’t argue with that, and agree that people should be better aware of what healthcare costs them. But shouldn’t our employers be just as worried about the cost of healthcare and have incentive to shop around just as much?

]]> By: Alain http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/smoke-em-if-you-got-em/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Alain Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:31:58 +0000 http://scripts.mit.edu/~birge/blog/smoke-em-if-you-got-em/#comment-801 Jonathan, Nice post. I had heard about this study, but hadn't read anything about it yet. One thing I think we should do in this country is to de-couple health insurance from employment. Because of th current system, most consumers aren't aware of the true cost of their health care and don't bother shopping for the best value. Also, being able to buy across state lines for a plan that suits me (instead of one loaded with a lot of crap I don't want) would be a large boon, too, Jonathan,

Nice post. I had heard about this study, but hadn’t read anything about it yet.

One thing I think we should do in this country is to de-couple health insurance from employment. Because of th current system, most consumers aren’t aware of the true cost of their health care and don’t bother shopping for the best value.

Also, being able to buy across state lines for a plan that suits me (instead of one loaded with a lot of crap I don’t want) would be a large boon, too,

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