Dean on the Senate's heatlhcare bill

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http://jezebel.com/5319618/what-howard-dean-doesnt-like-about-the-senates-health-care-reforms

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1911849,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

Q: But even if Congress passes the health-care-reform legislation that Obama wants, it will take years to implement. Can the Democrats change things fast enough that health care won't be a liability for Obama if and when he runs for re-election?
A: Absolutely. Put in guaranteed issue and community rating at once, so people cannot be turned down for insurance in the private sector, nor can they have their insurance taken away because of an illness. He'll get huge credit for that and there's no budgetary cost.

Q: We hear a lot about "bending the curve." What are the most effective ways to lower the overall costs of American health care?
A: First, you've got to integrate payment and provision of care. Everybody talks about preventive medicine, but almost nobody does it because there's no payback. A private practitioner invests money in preventive care and the hospital benefits. They're not connected. Second, pay people — particularly primary-care providers — for taking good care of patients without rewarding doctors for doing more and more and more. That's what the system is currently based on. The more you do, the more you get paid, which is an incentive for inefficiency.