What's wrong with nationalized health care?

The face-off between the president and Congress over whether to expand coverage for children highlights a larger issue: It's about time that the nation has an honest discussion about health care reform.

Both houses of Congress want to expand health care coverage of low-income children under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which expires at the end of this month. Most members of Congress are concerned that more and more low-income children are falling into the growing pool of the USA's uninsured, most recently estimated to be 47 million. Full Story »

Posted by Michael Townes Watson
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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: Presidential Election 2008, Health Care
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Posted by: Posted by Michael Townes Watson - Sep 20, 2007 - 10:46 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Sep 21, 2007 - 9:21 AM PDT

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Kaizar Campwala
4.2
by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Gives a good overview of the health care positions of presidential candidates, as well as giving a general explanation of "socialized medicine".

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Michael Townes Watson
4.0
by Michael Townes Watson - Oct. 1, 2008

The story highlights the necessity of having an honest and complete national discussion of the pros and cons of universal healthcare coverage. It points out the need for honesty by all parties in the costs and benefits.

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Allen Schultz
3.8
by Allen Schultz - Oct. 1, 2008

This is an important issue that deserves more attention than it is getting. The article provide a good introduction to a far more detailed and elaborate debate, that needs to happen soon.

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