Building an American Insurance Bazaar

Normally I'm proud of American exceptionalism. But the reason for the mess in American health coverage has nothing to do with any maverick individualist tradition. Americans have inherited a largely accidental system of employer-based insurance that started during lean times in World War II. Wage freezes imposed by the government led employers to offer benefits instead of higher salaries. The slow institutionalization of this system is the reason Americans ... Full Story »

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by J Sinclaire - Sep. 30, 2009

This article contains a nice summary of how we got employer based healthcare, and a brief comparison to healthcare in Turkey (they have a public option!).

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