Healthcare prescriptions: Cover everyone, and maybe tax the rich

On Monday, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York became the third leading Democratic presidential candidate to offer a detailed fix for the nation's healthcare industry. Here's a look at similarities and differences among the three plans. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: Democrats, Democratic Nomination, Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Sep 19, 2007 - 11:10 AM PDT
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Patricia Blochowiak
2.9
by Patricia Blochowiak - Oct. 1, 2008

A discussion of "healthcare" that really only discusses insurance and has no physician input is mis-named. Three candidates plan to increase insurance coverage, providing more money for the insurance companies. While there would be some benefit for those going from no coverage to some - and for the physicians who care for them, there is nothing in this article that talks about the quality of insurance that would be provided, and nothing to say that primary care physicians would begin to be adequately reimbursed for their services. This story is better than nothing.

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Michael Townes Watson
2.8
by Michael Townes Watson - Oct. 1, 2008

Part of the title of the story--"tax the rich," makes it one that provokes anger in some before they ever read it. The publication, the notoriously conservative Fort Worth Star Telegram, obviously wanted to put its slant on the "Hillary Plan" at the outset. Nonetheless, the story is fair in its limited information on the plans proposed by the top three Democratic candidates.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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