Far too many Americans have no health insurance or are underinsured. And, meanwhile, far too large a percentage of America’s Gross National Product goes toward health care. Our health care system is inadequate-- yet it costs too much, threatening the economy. How do we cover more people yet bring the costs down? That is the problem that all of America,... Full Story »
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Thoughtful report on comprehensive health reform from the Commonwealth Fund, a reputable foundation that supports independent research on health care issues. This factual overview is well-researched and presents useful context. It should be noted that the foundation supports a high performance health care system, and therefore is not completely impartial on this issue, though it does a good job at presenting a balanced perspective on this issue.
This rather broad report from the Commonwealth Fund covers the issues with our current health care system, an outline for reforming the system and some supporting economic analysis. A fair amount of data is sumarized in print and in graphs. The principal drawback to the report is that all but two of the supporting references are the Commonwealth Fund's own reports. That's fine if one believes that this venerable charitable organization (founded in 1918 to promote improvements in ... More »
I didn't know much about the Commonwealth Fund so did a little research. My conclusion is that they are credible and have been putting their money ... More »
"Comprehensive reform" is a code word for socialized medicine. We all know that. "Comprehensive reform" of immigration was code for opening the gates. We all know that. Why not tell the truth?
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