Stark choices in battle over health care

[cyclezealot]

The main choices are no choices/ No thanks.


One of the enduring frustrations of presidential elections is that candidates and their parties sound like Tweedledum and Tweedledee on many issues. In 2008, when it comes to health care, which is emerging as a defining domestic issue, voters will find stark differences in philosophy and commitment between Democrats and Republicans
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Sadly, all of the plans, both Republican and Democratic, fail to provide a plausible solution to the problem that has driven health care reform to the fore as a political issue: the inexorably rising costs that drive up insurance rates and force employers to cut back on coverage or charge higher premiums. All of the plans acknowledge the need to restrain costs, but most of the remedies they offer are not likely to do much

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/23/news/edhealth.php

[OzarkDem]

1. Good editorial

Its obvious that fear of media manipulation of the debate and influence of money in campaigns is reducing Dems ability to come up with better plans.

There are certainly plenty of examples of successful health care plans to follow in the industrialized world. It shouldn't be that difficult.

Rather ironic that the country that has been responsible for most of the medical and scientific innovations in the last 100 years can't seem to find a way to ensure all its citizens have access to them.

[rodeodance]

2. when you link capitalism with GREED, this produces the problem we have. Capitalism

in itself is not the problem----it is the greed that goes along with it.

[terisan]

3. and Subverted Capitalism, where corporations misuse government to prevent competition.