Monday, August 17, 2009
A quick comparison
Of the methods of providing health coverage to all our citizens is Paul Krugman's column today. You have read or heard about them before but it needs all the reps it can get. Curiously it appears that Obama wants to turn us into a nation of lederhosen-wearing holey-cheese eaters.
the third route to universal coverage relies on private insurance companies, using a combination of regulation and subsidies to ensure that everyone is covered. Switzerland offers the clearest example: everyone is required to buy insurance, insurers can’t discriminate based on medical history or pre-existing conditions, and lower-income citizens get government help in paying for their policies.The flaw in this plan is that Swiss insurance companies still maintain an integrity and probity long ago cast aside by American insurers. Which is why we face this.
At this point, all that stands in the way of universal health care in America are the greed of the medical-industrial complex, the lies of the right-wing propaganda machine, and the gullibility of voters who believe those lies.Sort of like having to climb Everest, K2 and the Eiger with one hand to get home.
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