Healthcare Fundamentals: Why isn't anyone talking about what's dricing costs?

prosperitynow4u.org by Gordon Townsend | Oct. 9, 2009 (News Analysis)

Healthcare reform – the most talked about subject in the media lately - replete with stories of catastrophic illness, death panels, public options, etc. It tough to find any concrete information that will let you make a good decision by wading through the rhetoric. Respond to the current public debate by asking the fundamental questions and not taking throw away statistics and people’s assumptions as genuine – whether they are your representative ... Full Story »

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by Manfred Ostrowski - Oct. 9, 2009

The article delves into the financial aspect of the proposed health-care reform without giving all the facts necessary for readers to form their own opinion. It might arouse fears of substantially higher taxes and so strengthen opposition to reform proposals. I suppose the article's bias may be connected with CSM's Republican leaning; I found no convincing arguments against some health-care reform, just a hidden appeal to readers' putative self-interest.

Democrats want to expand health coverage, which is a reasonable and positive endeavour, and the costs of providing additional health care surely can be borne by society as a whole, if citizens and their politicians are willing to agree upon that.

..the tax subsidy means that somebody is paying for it and everybody’s income taxes are higher.