http://www.pnhp.org/blog/2008/10/20/dangerous-plans-or-ideological-assertions/
Dangerous plans - or ideological assertions?
Posted by Andrew Coates, MD on Monday, Oct 20, 2008
Look at the evidence: reforms based upon regulating and expanding private health insurance have failed, in many forms, many times over many years. This is because because private health insurance stands in contradiction to caring for the sick and preventing illness among the healthy.
A single-payer program is not only eminently feasible (over 40 years ago Medicare was put in place within a year!), but has the economy to save costs by eliminating preposterous administrative waste, reduce disparities by redirecting resources, improve quality by redirecting resources, protect the caregiver-patient relationship by eliminating a tangle of red tape, allow free choice of care providers because if everybody is in and nobody is out then everybody is in — while providing access to care for everyone in the United States.
Because of the evidence, moral imperative is on our side. Society should offer every person the best possible chance at health. The public should set health priorities. Profit-making should be banished when it comes to caring for the sick. Access to health care should not be tied to a job.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-insure21-2008oct21,0,6869686.story
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1278412.html
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http://jeffreydach.com/2008/02/24/fighting-the-abusive-practices-of-health-insurance-companies-by-jeffrey-dach-md.aspx
Making Your Health Insurance Company Pay Up by Jeffrey Dach MD
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