Health Care's Odd Couple

Sens. Ron Wyden and Bob Bennett are building a bipartisan coalition around health care reform. Together they have come up with a bill that is more impressive than anything offered by the presidential candidates.

Rather than patching up the employer-based system and offering alternatives that individuals would maybe migrate toward, as both Clinton's and Obama's plans do, Wyden-Bennett end the employer-based system. They force employers to account for every dime and dollar they spend on employee health care and, the year after the bill's passage, redirect that cash into employee paychecks. So if your employer is spending $7,000 a year for your health insurance, your ... Full Story »

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Jim Lang
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by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

This is an interesting and fair story that just skims the surface. It provides an analysis as to why legislation and legislative coalitions fail and why the one at hand may work but does not provide enough information to allow one to really understand and evaluate the health care reform being advanced.

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