They came in their thousands, queuing through the night to secure one of the coveted wristbands offering entry into a strange parallel universe where medical care is a free and basic right and not an expensive luxury. Some of these Americans had walked Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Drudge Report
This is a misleading article. A large response to free medical services does not in and of itself indicate a U.S. health insurance problem. The article does not analyze who the responders were nor if the services they were availing are typically part of health insurance plans . While few have read the thousand page bills making their way through congress, the likelihood that they will include comprehensive dental and vision care for US citizens (not to mention non citizens) is small. The 50 million uninsured number is not sourced and is likely significantly inflated, after non citizens and others who actually do have access to health servicess are excluded . The data on health spending U.S. vs Britain is dubious. Health spending is not the same as health costs. Our society has increased its spending on computers dramatically in the last decades and yet computer costs have gone down dramatically. Furthermore life expectancy data is impacted by factors outside any medical insurance plan.
I am in favor of humane health services for all individuals of our entire globe. Getting from where we are to that utopia will require accurate information that is relevant to the problem. Once we have a clear picture of the full scope of the challenge, we can then assess our next best step toward that goal. Reiterated improvements follow.