Whole Foods health care reform--without the nasty bean sprouts, tofu, and anything with soybeans in it

Now that popcorn has been declared a health food (can we dare hope that includes buttered popcorn?), maybe Congress could just gut Obama's socialist health reform bill and replace it with free government popcorn.

But since that is too much to hope for, let us now ponder the health care reform ideas of Whole Foods CEO John Mackey:

• Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts (HSAs). ...

• Equalize the tax laws so that that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits. ...

• Repeal all state laws which prevent insurance companies from competing across state lines. ...

• Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies must cover. ...

• Enact tort reform to end the ruinous lawsuits that force doctors to pay insurance costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. ...

• Make costs transparent so that consumers understand what health-care treatments cost. ...

• Enact Medicare reform. ...

• Finally, revise tax forms to make it easier for individuals to make a voluntary, tax-deductible donation to help the millions of people who have no insurance and aren’t covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Read the complete post here. HT: Cranach: the blog of Veith