tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post9085085269210048342..comments2023-10-29T08:05:44.436-05:00Comments on The Superfluous Man: Statism, insurance, and dependencyJohn Markleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16473300745301705046noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31037809.post-19581176124120670982012-05-03T19:58:41.589-05:002012-05-03T19:58:41.589-05:00There's more to it than that of course, since ...There's more to it than that of course, since the state itself is a big reason that medical care and drugs are so expensive. Whether by design or by spontaneous order, the system as designed has the effect of herding people into dependence either on the state's hierarchy of "private sector" functionaries or directly on the state itself (for medical care, obviously, but also for JORnoreply@blogger.com