Post by Iain Dooley on Aug 14, 2016 12:25:59 GMT
Even though I basically just think healthcare should be free, I think it's worth mentioning Warren Mosler's healthcare funding idea because it is quite novel.
I heard him put it forward during this debate with Robert Murphy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUTLCDBONok
His idea was that you get a fixed amount each year to spend on PREVENTATIVE healthcare, and you have to spend that. Then you get another amount to spend on regular healthcare. If you spend more than this amount, your healthcare is free, but if you spend less you get to keep the difference.
This encourages people to live healthy lives with less medical expenses *if they can* and be rewarded for it, but still supports anyone that needs healthcare for free.
I'm not sure specifically how that would fit in in Australia but even just as an example of a really novel way of structuring incentives I thought it was worth mentioning it.
I heard him put it forward during this debate with Robert Murphy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUTLCDBONok
His idea was that you get a fixed amount each year to spend on PREVENTATIVE healthcare, and you have to spend that. Then you get another amount to spend on regular healthcare. If you spend more than this amount, your healthcare is free, but if you spend less you get to keep the difference.
This encourages people to live healthy lives with less medical expenses *if they can* and be rewarded for it, but still supports anyone that needs healthcare for free.
I'm not sure specifically how that would fit in in Australia but even just as an example of a really novel way of structuring incentives I thought it was worth mentioning it.