Sorting Fact From Fiction on Health Care
In recent town-hall meetings, President Barack Obama has called for a national debate on health-care reform based on facts. It is fact that more than 40 million Americans lack coverage and spiraling costs are a burden on individuals, families and our economy. There is broad consensus that these problems must be addressed. But the public is skeptical that their current clinical care is substandard and that no government bureaucrat will come between them and ... Full Story »
Posted by Michael Bugeja - via Opinion Source, Wall Street Journal (Opinion), AllTop, Wall Street Journal (Most Emailed)
I do not trust "patient autonomy" is best secured by the current U.S. system, and current health care proposals by Democrats do not seem to reduce patients' rights. So I consider this article highly ideological. It gives no proof "patient autonomy" is any concern of private health insurers. We read: "The devil is in the regulations". I would say there are fine and necessary regulations, too. This should have been mentioned.