Advocates of Social Justice explain that the problem with capitalism is that there are "winners and losers." Here is Dr. A.W. Frank of the University of Calgary arguing the importance of studying Marxism.
[I]t was Marx who first showed, with a drama that captured the world’s attention, that capitalism is about producing winners and losers; that’s what a capitalist economy is designed to do. And Marx establishes a fundamental task of social science as figuring out the conditions that lead to some people being winners and others being losers. Thus Marx continues to set a large part of the social scientific agenda.
How is it that we still have so many out there who think capitalism is about producing winners and losers. Capitalism doesn't choose anything. People choose, if they're fortunate enough to live in a capitalist society. It's the opposite in the socialist model where individuals are not permitted to choose. But guess what: Socialism still has its winners and losers. It's just that somebody else gets to pick them. In this case, it's Barack Obama.
Although recent criticism of the healthcare law has focused on website glitches and early enrollment snags, experts say sharp price increases for individual policies have the greatest potential to erode public support for President Obama's signature legislation.
"This is when the actual sticker shock comes into play for people," said Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. "There are winners and losers under the Affordable Care Act."
Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D. is a Health Services Professor at UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity. The L.A. Times provides no context for the professor's comment about ObamaCare picking winners and losers. Is it a flaw in ObamaCare, or is he outlining strategy? Based on his biographical information, I'm inclined to think the latter.
Dr. Kominski received his Ph.D. in public policy analysis with a concentration in health economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, and his B.A. in chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1978. He teaches classes in advanced research methods, health economics, and cost-effectiveness analysis. His research focuses on evaluating the costs and cost-effectiveness of health care programs and technologies; improving access and health outcomes, particularly among ethnic and vulnerable populations; and developing models for estimating health expenditures and forecasting population health.
First we apply the sticker shock. That starts the destruction of the private insurance market. And finally we move to single payer. Rejoice. The tragic injustice that results when people choose their own insurance policies is remedied by ObamaCare.
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