Vets Loving Socialized Medicine Show Government Offers Savings

Bloomberg by Kristin Jensen | Oct. 2, 2009 (News Report)

Rick Tanner is one American who loves his government-run health care.

After serving in Vietnam and spending three decades in the U.S. Navy, Tanner retired in 1991 with a bad knee and high blood pressure. He enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration and now benefits from comprehensive treatment with few co-payments and an electronic records system more advanced than almost anywhere at private hospitals. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Health
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Oct 4, 2009 - 10:38 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Leah Adams (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Oct 4, 2009 - 12:24 PM PDT
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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 4, 2009

Bloomberg gets high marks for doing the extra legwork and finding sources to illustrate this issue, instead of spitting soundbites and numbers at us.

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