The current "debate" is not about health care. Don't be fooled. The government can do little to affect surgical procedures, types of bandages, and protocols for sprained ankles. Science and research are the venues that affect health care. The current "debate" is about health insurance. Health insurance is the broken spoke in the wheel of health care, siphoning cash from a system that should pretty much be ruled by science and the intricate dance of supply and demand.
Health insurance drains away so much cash that becoming an insurance executive is like winning the lottery. Really. Literally, not figuratively. The sucking quagmire of insurance - from the premiums charged to the salaries paid - strip doctors of their duty to prescribe treatments and force financial ruin on the backs of the mostly middle-class people who struggle to buy policies and pay their bills.
Again, don't be fooled. Health insurance reform is needed; it may be costly, but the cost of doing nothing will exceed our ability to pay when the "premium notice" comes due.
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