Gutting the Health Care Plan: The Scorpion and the Congress
The Clintons assumed the insurance companies were too powerful to confront, so the plan had to go along with them. But once they assumed any bill had to get the companies' approval, no plan could work, because it had to build in ways for the companies to maintain their profit margins and the immensely wasteful overhead they spend on advertising, processing claims, and turning down as many sick people as they can. Their approach also creates corollary ... Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Publicly financed elections would reduce the influence of the big insurance corporations. Publicly financed elections are good for your health.