Last night PBS aired Sick Around the World
Can the U.S. learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health care system? I learned that proven solutions exist with broad popular support. And while these programs are far less expensive than US health care, the savings comes from eliminating most profit and administrative costs, and adding aggressive cost controls and standardization by the government.
Now all we need are representatives willing to ignore the financial influence of the medical, insurance and drug community and to do the right thing. My money is on the Democrats with the emerging support of the Business Roundtable that finally realizes the global competitive disadvantage of our system.
Everytime I get hot about Health Care reform I make an online donation to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. The Swiss report that their very popular health care system passed ten years ago with barely a majority vote.
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Retired Small Business owner and investor. My political interest
evolved out of his business experience that the best decisions come out of an objective gathering of information and a pragmatic consideration of costs and benefits. I am interested in promoting Centrist candidates and Policies. My posts are mostly about people and policies that I believe are part of the solution rather the problem.