From dKos -Howard Dean Liveblog: His Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

http://dailykos.com/
Howard Dean Liveblog: His Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform
by mcjoan
Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 08:56:03 AM PDT

skip

Within those parameters, Dean makes an excellent and extremely readable case for why substantive, structural reform isn't just necessary, it's imperative for the nation's economic recovery in the short term, and for establishing an economic base to build a sustainable future. He talks about something that has rarely come up in this debate so focused on the 47 million Americans without insurance--the 25 million who have insurance but don't get regular medical care because they can only afford catastrophic care coverage. He talks about the cost to American businesses--small and large--in trying to keep up with the the cost of insuring themselves and their employees--costs that have risen 119 percent in the past decade.