In Debate on Health, It’s Coverage vs. Cost
As Democrats prepare to take up health care legislation on the floor of the Senate and the House, they are facing tough choices about two competing priorities. They want people to pay affordable prices for health insurance policies, but they want those policies to offer comprehensive health benefits. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via NewsRack (Health Care), Google News (Health), Tom Friedman, Publish2 (Politics)
this story, like the one on preventable deaths in the wapo, focuses on information relevant to reform of health care more than it does on the politics of getting the bill passed. while i think there's appropriateness in offering the politics, that has been more prevalent in so much of the media coverage and it has often obscured what's much more vital than the play-by-play accounts of this or that senator, which is the information about how our system works and what we all need to know about why it needs to be reformed.