Thursday, April 01, 2004
Health Care Costs and Outsourcing
This article isn't exactly pro-outsourcing, but it isn't exactly against it, either. It recognizes the cost advantages to outsourcing and how that helps outsourcing, even if he laments the loss of American jobs.
An interesting point made, however, is the claim that Canadian labor costs less because health care costs are lower, and picked up by the government. Maybe Clinton wasn't so crazy in trying to craft a national health care plan.
We DON'T have to do it exactly like the Canadians. However, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that American health care is ridiculously expensive compared to the rest of the world. Find a hybrid model that harnesses the efficiency of free markets while ensuring that everyone is guaranteed health care. But do SOMETHING. It sounds like American competitiveness is being pared down by our inability to control soaring health care costs.
This article isn't exactly pro-outsourcing, but it isn't exactly against it, either. It recognizes the cost advantages to outsourcing and how that helps outsourcing, even if he laments the loss of American jobs.
An interesting point made, however, is the claim that Canadian labor costs less because health care costs are lower, and picked up by the government. Maybe Clinton wasn't so crazy in trying to craft a national health care plan.
We DON'T have to do it exactly like the Canadians. However, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that American health care is ridiculously expensive compared to the rest of the world. Find a hybrid model that harnesses the efficiency of free markets while ensuring that everyone is guaranteed health care. But do SOMETHING. It sounds like American competitiveness is being pared down by our inability to control soaring health care costs.
