re: Ann Coulter on Health Care Fix

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We are all rational actors for our own benefit. Do you want to know what the government can effectively do about it?

Nada.


Wrong

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Maybe you misunderstood me. I didn't mean to imply that the market can't be influenced by government action. Quite the contrary! What I meant is that every entity will always make choices for their own best interest given whatever changing factors present themselves. Government intervention will always effect people's choices, but there is always unintended consequences, ie. individuals who do things differently than the government wanted them to do - often unexpectedly.

In looking at the rest of your response, I think you and I are basically in agreement. I was simply focusing on the very narrow concept of freedom of choice. I was responding to the post that was decrying the bad ole "providers" for taking advantage of government interventions for their own profit. To rail against that is to deny a fundamental reality of market forces.

Yes, of course, changes to the market, including governmental involvment, will force people to make adjustments. The problem is that the governmental changes to the system can not possibly come close to keeping up with the market changes itself.