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Friday, January 04, 2008

What If Healthcare Was Not A Barrier To Entrepreneurship?

At the New Years Eve party I attended someone mentioned they want to start their own business, a retail store. The catalyst for this was a prime retail location becoming available. Of course I jumped on that topic, throwing as much encouragement as I could to fuel the spirit of entrepreneurship.

To no surprise, one item that came up in the dialogue was healthcare. I say to no surprise for whenever anyone contemplates striking out on their own, healthcare is always raised as a question – the great unknown of having health insurance. I would go as far as to say it is a concern greater than stable income!

But what if healthcare and health insurance was not an issue? Hypothetically, what if one did not have to worry about this, or have it as a barrier for going out on their own?

Now I am not proposing any type of solution to this issue. There are many parties involved here, not just the insurance companies and politicians. And if you are a regular reader of The Hot Iron, you will know my bias towards capitalism!

As we head into the weekend, here’s a “what if” to ponder. Feel free to share any thoughts in the comments to this post.

Posted by Mike Maddaloni on 01/04 at 04:01 PM
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It’s going to take a crowbar of immense proportions to extract the government, its hacks and politicians from our health care system.  I’m not a total Ron Paul fan, but his stance on health care is fairly decent.  The least the government can do is to get out of the way.  By allowing zero tax on medical accounts, and other such incentives, it would go a long way towards detaching a root cause of the problem.  Or we could go back to the days of bleeding and leeches!

Comment by Don Pedro
on 01/05/08 at 06:29 AM
 

I always forget what a huge barrier this is for people - I am lucky to be in good health and have no children so I pay for my own health insurance, no problem. I do think for some people this can be an excuse, because if you have a strong business you should be able to make enough additional income to make up for the cost.

Comment by Laura
on 01/05/08 at 12:12 PM
 

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