Emmanuel doesn’t distinguish between private and public insurance, he distinguishes between guaranteed and discretionary. And the distinction between guaranteed and discretionary can be within a public system: i.e., everyone is guaranteed coverage for, say, pregnancy, but certain kinds of cancers are left to the discretion of the government bureaucrat.
Lenny. In fact, I responded to this. I’ve said it again and again. Perhaps its my peculiar mental problem that allows me to perceive writing and the words with actual intent, rather than my own prejudice. If so, its a mental illness I’ll carry the burden of because of its utility. The article is about providing certain services as basic, and others as not, it does not advocate that the government run health care. It advocates that the government provide basic services. In doing so, it would have to decide which services were basic and which were not. I don’t expect you to be able to understand this.
