Defaults matter in health plans, too: Most people don't switch their health plans during "open enrollment season," even if doing so would be beneficial to them. The point is that health reform will fall short if it doesn't reflect how people actually go about making decisions in their day-to-day lives. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Interesting take on health care debate by past chief of Congressional Budget Office. Like lots of "policy wonks" he would like to depoliticize the discussion - not possible in the real world. Ignores the elephant in the room - the political power of health care / insurance lobbies.
We need to defang the lobbies, possibly by changing funding mechanism of political campaigns, before corporate interests can be subject to strong control
Informative and factual. CBO Director Orszag puts many facts into proper context, while offering compelling, original reasons why universal health care coverage benefits all of society.
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