The Bureaucrat between 50 million Americans and Health Care

Talking Points Memo by Ted Oehmke | Jul. 3, 2009 (Opinion)

As one of the 50 million Americans presently without health insurance, I'm sitting here, fingers crossed, hoping I don't get sick. So far, I've been lucky. As I observe politicians debate about how to best water-down reform of the health care system while acting as if they're actually doing something, one thing has become crystal clear: The US system of health care is insanely inefficient. Full Story »

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 by Peter Henry - Jul. 3, 2009

The comments are even more interesting than the blog posting itself. Oehmke presents standard statistics (twice as much spent proportionately on health care as other advanced countries with worse results). Presents the argument that a well-run public system is the only system with enough clout to impact and hence "compete with" the insurance companies.

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