"The Health Insurers Have Already Won"
reporters Chad Terhune and Keith Epstein argue UnitedHealth and other insurers maneuvered to shape healthcare reform for their own benefit. The story is titled “The Health Insurers Have Already Won,” and the authors argue that the insurers have “succeeded in redefining the terms of the reform debate to such a degree that no matter what specifics emerge in the voluminous bill Congress may send to President Obama this fall, the insurance industry will ... Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Just as Rep. Anthony Wiener (D-NY) said on the MSNBC morning programs just today; and I'm paraphrasing, but the point of his message was basically that there is no healthcare reform without the public option; that there will be no true healthcare reform without it, as having the healthcare insurance industry regulate themselves is pretty much the same thing as promoting an arsonist to the position of fire cheif.