Spurred on by President Obama and an array of businesses, medical providers and consumers clamoring for change, congressional Democrats have begun to lay out specific plans for overhauling the nation's healthcare system -- proposing changes that would affect almost every American, old or young, sick or well, rich, poor or middle-class. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Informative overview of the upcoming debate in Congress about some sweeping changes proposed to the U.S. health care system. This article gives a factual introduction to this complex issue, citing multiple sources and perspectives from across the political spectrum. Look forward to reading more about Sen. Ted Kennedy's proposed bill, which is only briefly summarized here.
The author give a good overview of the current state of affairs. One section of the article gave pause: "Improving the quality of care for everyone by encouraging... (adoption of) the best, most effective courses of treatment...'Achieving this goal moves the government into the sensitive area of relations between individual patients and their doctors." EXACTLY the problem Betsy McCaughey highlighted at this beginning of this public discussion--and exactly what the French have avoided in developing their very excellent system.
It gives the reader a general idea of what is being discussed these days, and it enables the reader to form his own opinion.
I like the idea of healthcare reform a lot, and I really hope this reform will contain improvements for those not covered by the healthcare system until now.
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