TO MARKET, TO MARKET...:

The Free Market Health-Care Proposal (Michael P. Tremoglie, 9/07/07, The Bulletin)

The American people, through the mechanism of the free market, are best able to reform the health- care system. A consumer-oriented system, which is user-friendly for both the apprentice electrician and the aspiring entrepreneur, is the best way to control costs, maintain or improve quality and increase accessibility.

A system that will permit the average person, not their employer; that will allow the individual, not some corporate administrator; that will empower the American citizen, not some government bureaucrat, to make the common-sense choices as to what their needs and wants are and how much they are willing to pay to satisfy them is the best health care system for Americans.

It is not necessary for the intelligentsia or the government to decree what kind of health care citizens should have or how to finance it. This can be done by the rational choices of the American public. Unlike those who worship at the altar of planwirschaft, we believe the American people, as a whole, are entirely capable of acting in their own best interests.

It is with this philosophy that we have developed what we feel is a very unique, free-market oriented solution to at least some of the issues associated with the health care Gordian knot. This proposal contains four components. Each will address areas of the current health care system that need improvement.

Section I is a unique solution for the dilemma of those with little or no health insurance. It harnesses the forces of capitalism.

Section II addresses the issue of using the free market to make health insurance affordable for all Americans.

Section III provides a remedy for the lack of primary care physicians.

Section IV is devoted to the dire need for medical malpractice reform.