LA TIMES: American Health Care System Does Not Work
A Los Angeles Times Op-ed entitled, 'Going Universal' makes the clear argument that the American health care system does NOT work. Remember, this is the system that Canadian right wingers want to force on this nation.
Here are some very good points that we need to put in the face of any Reformer-Conservative or Taxpayers Federation lobbyist who wants our medical system in Canada to be market driven as it is in the USA.
"THE STATISTICS, by now, are well known. Forty-seven million uninsured Americans. Premium increases of 81% since 2000. Small businesses failing, big businesses foundering, individuals priced out and, amid all this, skyrocketing profits for insurers, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The American health system, put simply, is a mess."
LA Times
Here are some very good points that we need to put in the face of any Reformer-Conservative or Taxpayers Federation lobbyist who wants our medical system in Canada to be market driven as it is in the USA.
"THE STATISTICS, by now, are well known. Forty-seven million uninsured Americans. Premium increases of 81% since 2000. Small businesses failing, big businesses foundering, individuals priced out and, amid all this, skyrocketing profits for insurers, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufacturers. The American health system, put simply, is a mess."
LA Times
Gee, ya think? A more interesting article they could have done would have been "Exactly How Much BS Will the Supposedly Free-est and Wealthiest People in the World Put Up With?".
Call me crazy but I think the reason we often have difficulties finding good answers is because we are often asking the wrong questions.
Posted by
Not Your Mama |
1:40 pm, December 26, 2006
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cardiorudy |
7:55 pm, January 05, 2007