More ideas for health care reform

A few more concrete ideas for health care reform, this time from the CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey. I like his ideas, particularly the ideas of expanding the use of high-deductible policies in combination with health savings accounts (even if they are funded by the employers), the ability to buy and keep insurance policies from states you don't live in, and the equalization of tax rules to make insurance bought on the individual market tax-deductible like it is for employer-provided insurance (although I'd prefer to remove the tax-deduction for everyone).

Mackey also has some interesting things to say about the "right" to health care. Not everyone will agree with him, of course, but I liked the article because it shows, like I said the other day, just because I oppose Obama's current plan does not mean I think we should do nothing. I just think we should move in a different direction.

Update: Reason Magazine weighs in on the Mackey article with a personal story of the author trying to buy an individual insurance policy in California. The question that I think should be front and center is, will any reform make buying individual insurance easier or harder?