A Short History of Health Care

[The_Patriot]

Here's an interesting article about health care and insurance in the US.

Any successful attempt to reform health care in the United States must accommodate two realities.

Reality 1: The current system is increasingly inaccessible to many poor and lower-middle-class people (about 47 million Americans lack health insurance, up from about 40 million in 2000); those lucky enough to have coverage are paying steadily more and/or receiving steadily fewer benefits; the increasingly complex warfare between insurers and hospitals over who pays the bills is gobbling up a great deal of money and resources; and the end result is that the United States pays roughly twice as much per capita for health care as Canada, France, and the United Kingdom yet experiences slightly lower life expectancy than those countries and significantly higher infant mortality. The problems inherent in the U.S. system of health care are literally killing people.

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[Objective Voice]

Good article. Goes to illustrate that problems within our health care industry weren't just recognized by Democrats nor that changes within the overall system were initiated by just the Democrats. Unfortunately, the debate has been turned into this "government control/unfair taxation" argument instead of what's best for the People to do things concerning health care that is fair an honorable for all.