The Health Care Bill is the Ball Game

Real Clear Politics by Mona Charen | Jun. 9, 2009 (Opinion)

The administration is hoping that a health bill will be voted on by early August, which may be overly optimistic but still means that this summer will be dominated by the health care debate. Its outcome will determine the overall success or failure of Obama's effort to torque America toward the European model of statism. It isn't just that the health care sector accounts for 17 percent of the U.S. economy. It is also the case that if enacted, a ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Health, Business, Politics, U.S., Living
Topics: Health Care, Obama Administration, U.S. Congress, Money
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jun 8, 2009 - 9:39 PM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jun 8, 2009 - 9:39 PM PDT
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Jun. 9, 2009

The best parts of this story are superficial. Much is misleading. The bankruptcy claim, for example. The author never considers that a health care crisis might be at least part of the reason a person might not have enough money to pay the mortgage. Some state mandates are frills. I'll grant that, but high deductible plans are too often associated with putting off cost-effective preventive care until an emergency comes along. And there is no discussion of increasing reliance on ... More »

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 by Derek Hawkins - Jun. 8, 2009
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 by Richard McIlnay - Jun. 9, 2009

No. Purely a hatchet job. It is a FACT that Medicare administrative costs are less than the insurance companies. Of course public health care would be expensive -- health care is expensive

Single payer health care is the only logical, civilized, humane way to go if we as a people take care of one another.

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