The private health industry's time is up
The answer to the first question is pretty clear, and one of the reasons that Barack Obama was elected president. Most Americans believe that all of us should have healthcare coverage, and that nobody should be left out of the system. The real debate is how we accomplish that goal in an affordable and sustainable way.
To me, the evidence is overwhelming that we must end the private insurance company domination of healthcare in our country and move toward a publicly funded, single-payer, Medicare-for-all approach.
Our current private health insurance system is the most costly, wasteful, complicated, and bureaucratic in the world. But in America, the people who have to navigate that maze are the lucky ones. Today, 46 million people have no health insurance and even more are underinsured with high deductibles and co-payments. At a time when 60 million people, including many with insurance, do not have access to a medical home base, more than 18,000 Americans die every year from preventable illnesses. That is six times the number who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Telegraph.co.ukTo me, the evidence is overwhelming that we must end the private insurance company domination of healthcare in our country and move toward a publicly funded, single-payer, Medicare-for-all approach. Our current private health insurance system is the Video: Doctors Weigh in on Obama Health Plan What's wrong with Obama's health care plan Health-care reform -
Washington PostOnly public option will save health costsThe Insurance companies will bankrupt this country in my opinion. Its not a matter of what the public option "costs". We are already spending a fortune to pay for the uninsured and that will continue if nothing happens. Thank you Robert Reich for Morning Fix: Six Senators To Watch On Health Care Healthcare, not bailouts, could break America Maybe this explains the right-wing attack on ABC News -
ABC NewsMorning Bell: Heritage President Ed Feulner on Health CareThe architects of the President's proposals, and the sponsors of his proposals on Capitol Hill, know that once a government plan is in place, private insurance companies will be eventually run out of business. The government already owns a major bank Video: Cost a Major Issue As Senate Starts Health Care How Will We Pay For The Health Care Plan? GOP continues to knock Kennedy plan -
