"Joseph Gwinn" wrote in message
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The title summarizes the article. William McGurn this time, versus
Holman Jenkins.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122818153973071061.html

The Wall Street Journal, 2 December 2008.

Joe Gwinn

"A worker who owned and controlled his own plan would not be at the mercy of
business managers and union leaders who agree to cut health benefits as part
of a corporate rescue. And a worker who was unfortunate enough to be laid
off wouldn't have to worry about his family losing their health coverage
along with his job."

Uh...any idea how this witchcraft is supposed to work? If the guy's laid
off, and he's paying for his own health care, how is he going to *pay* for
his health care?

This is quite a plan. "Used in combination with a catastrophic health plan,
they would also be protected from financial ruin." And who is supposed to
pay for this "catastrophic health plan"?

McGurn seems to have a few blind spots. He's saying that GM is not
competitive against car companies in countries that have single-payer health
care paid by taxes, and his solution is to have the workers pay for their
own health care...which is supposed to protect them if they're laid
off...with, one assumes, no income at the time...and they're covered by some
kind of unexplained catastrophic health care plan which makes up the bulk of
the high insurance rates now...hmmmm...

Can the rest of us buy some of whatever McGurn is smoking? Does it require a
prescription? g

--
Ed Huntress