John Williams wrote: > They changed the link. Here is the new one: > > http://american.com/archive/2009/august/maybe-we-should-spend-more-on-healthcare
Yikes. Let's first look at the source of the article, The American Enterprise Institute. Described in Wiki as "some of the leading architects of the second Bush administration's public policy". Now there's an endorsement! Second except for the determination that health care currently isn't the same as it used to be (duh) the article itself is all spin. If you want to figure out how expensive health care should be, looking at other systems around the world should at least give a ballpark idea as to what we should be paying. And if we're doing the lions share of the innovation when it comes to medical research, then maybe we need to figure out how to get the rest of the world that benefits just as much as we do (if not more) rather than sticking with the current formula. Personally, I think that a system that places an emphasis on boner drugs, reformulation of proven drugs and anti-depressants that don't work is in need of an overhaul in and of itself. Finally, if the proposed reforms are really what we need to fix the system, why weren't they implemented when they had the ear of the president and a cooperative congress? All we got was an abortion of a drug bill. You'd have to be _on drugs_ to be listening seriously to anything these guys are saying. Doug _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
