Forging a new path to real health care reform

As specific health care reform proposals begin to emerge, the predictable partisan critiques are appearing. This back-and-forth is a necessary part of the democratic process, but we must agree our system is broken and seize this opportunity for real reform.

Two major objectives need to be achieved. First, all Americans should have coverage for at least major health care expenditures. Second, we must bring down the rate of increase in health care ... Full Story »

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Naomi Isler
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by Naomi Isler - Jul. 1, 2009

This article tries to pinpoint what it feels need to be the major achievements of health care reform, and some of the steps that need to be taken to achieve them. I am not familiar enough with the statistics and technical issues to understand whether his formulation is correct. And I'm not sure Medicare is so dysfunctional (I'm on it) that it can't be a model - or that the VA system can't.

I guess the more analyses of problems achieving health care reform the better? The question is how to overcome the moneybags who have a vested interest in the current dysfunctional system.

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