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Showing Original Post only (View all)An article from the American College of Emergency Physicians ... [View all]
http://www.pnhp.org/news/2012/august/its-time-for-single-payerStill relevant IMHO ...
"Regardless of whether you are elated or disappointed with Junes historic Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, it is certainly no panacea for the problems facing U.S. health care.
So its clear we need to do the right thing: the creation of a national, universal, publicly funded health care system, free of the corrupting power of profit-oriented health insurance, and at the same time capable of passing constitutional muster. In short, the right thing is an expanded and improved Medicare-for-All program, otherwise known as single-payer."
Dont be so shocked. For the last 30 years, we have tried all the alternatives, and none of them have worked. We have experimented with HMOs, PPOs, high-deductible health plans, health savings accounts, pay-for-performance, capitation, and disease management. These ideas have been promoted in various iterations, often with great fanfare, by public and private payers alike, yet none of them have shown long-term success at bending the cost curve. And the promise of the latest reforms du jour, such as Accountable Care Organizations and Patient-Centered Medical Homes, is speculative at best.
American health care is unique among the worlds democracies in that it was never planned in terms of enabling legislation or explicit constitutional authority. As others have stated, our employer-based insurance system, which now covers about 160 million Americans, was an accident of history. Its lineage can be traced to FDRs wage and price control policies during World War II, where employers were permitted to offer workers health insurance in lieu of higher wages as a job inducement..."
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slipslidingaway
May 2013
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Except gold-plated Senator health-care, the US has the most expensive and least effective
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2013
#20
Public has bought in Republican meme "best healthcare in the world", not said its for the 1% only
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2013
#29
Yes and the Dems did what? Uniquely American Solution - What is it ? Why is it being pushed?
slipslidingaway
May 2013
#31
K&R For-profit health care is, was, and will always remain a terrible idea. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#33