This is a re-post of an article on Obamacare written in March when the case was before The Supreme Court. Now that we know the basis for the constitutionality, let's look at the new American health care system through the lens of innovation and entrepreneurship.
No
matter what side of the Obamacare debate you come down on, it is big
news this week as The Supreme Court hears the arguments for the single
payer mandate, commerce clause regulation, and whether the government in
the future can make you buy a cell phone or broccoli!
No
matter how you slice it or dice it, we have a problem in American
health care. In our employer based system, many small entrepreneurial
startups cannot lure in talent using the health care benefit because
they cannot afford it. This in turn stifles new business growth.
In
addition, the uninsured expect to be able to get health care at the
hospital when they need it with no responsibility to pay. Those costs
are rolled into the fees charged the insured! So, the argument goes,
wanting privilege without responsibility needs to end by mandating that
people get their own coverage. This will increase the number of insured
which helps health insurance companies.
All
of this sounds good, BUT. What about the constitutional issues and the
relationship between a government and its people, freedom, individual
rights, and so forth?
I
am not making this article partisan. In my research, I found
constitutionalists are writing much more on the issue of how Obamacare
will effect innovation, so there are more articles here from that
perspective. I would appreciate it if anyone can provide more arguments
for innovation from the pro-Obamacare point of view.
No
matter how this turns out, there is much room for innovation in the way
we do health care in America. What do you think--will innovation be
helped or hindered by Obamacare?
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