President Obama met with health care groups Monday and praised them for agreeing on a plan they calculate would cut increases in projected health care costs by $2 trillion over the next decade, saying it was part of a broader effort to provide quality, affordable health care to every American. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
If putting your hand out in the rain and saying it's raining is quality meteorology - then this is quality journalism, and to that extent only. This story did little to illuminate the challenges - including the challenges of getting a well-rounded group into the room. Who's there ?? What is fact is a health care group? Why all the buzz terminology ?? This article was sophomoric at best - but I'm inclined to call it file filler. Not very enlightening.
This subject matter finds me approaching the subject with oven-mitts. We are experiencing a round-table of experts that doesn't include any proponents for single-payer health insurance - but nary a word mentioned anywhere. Certainly not in this article. Additionally the repeated use of the term health care groups - what in fact does that mean? How did this become an acceptable phrase? Is it in the talking point lexicon ? Insurance - this entire process, thus far, has been ... More »
Real Healthcare Reform: Changing Priorities, Incentives and the Rules of the Game; Creating an Electronic Health Record for Every Citizen Who Wants One If you have the financial resources of Bill Gates or Warren Buffett you needn’t pay money to a health plan each month, since if you get sick or injured – even very seriously - you have more than enough money to pay all your medical bills yourself. But those of us who have significantly less financial resources must ... More »
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