Comments on: Reframing the Health Reform Debate

By: Lee morgan

Lee morgan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:31:53 +0000

All I can say, is I am rooting for universal health care. The greater society just is not that concerned with the lower income citizens of this country. And those of lower income feel disenfranchised and powerless. They shouldn't have to feel that way in such a “rich” country. The rest of the Western World has more of a sense of social responsibility. This doesn't have anything to do with being on welfare and being lazy and not taking responsibility for oneself. It is about having a good education (if one wants it) and good healthcare so an individual has a greater chance of being a secure, productive person in the society. As things are now—we are defeating ourselves by leaving a large segment of our population needy and less productive. Greediness rules. It is all about me, when it should be all about us!!

By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson

Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:17:24 +0000

Interesting to see the forward-looking numbers from CEA calculating how much the proposed 1.5% cost trend deceleration could save American families in the future (if the 1.5% reduction can be enacted, which is of course the hard part). Over the last five years, such a deceleration, if enacted, would have reduced a family's healthcare cost by $3,095 total. For more information, go to www.healthcaretownhall.com.

By: It’s All About The Benjamins « Around The Sphere

It’s All About The Benjamins « Around The Sphere — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:33:56 +0000

[...] Mike Lillis at The Washington Independent: None of this is news, of course. Health care experts have warned for years that medical spending is rising at rates that would swamp the economic in a few short decades. Still, it’s a clever strategy. Supporters of an overhaul of the nation’s health care system have been screaming for years about the failure of a system that would leave more than 45 million Americans — roughly one in six — without health coverage. That is, they’ve been focusing on the health and social implications of inaction — to no avail. Largely the inaction is symptomatic of the lobbying prowess of the medical-industrial complex, but it’s surely significant that most of those 45 million people lacking insurance are of low and moderate incomes — not the type of folks who hold enormous sway in Washington. [...]

By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson

Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:17:24 +0000