""But the goings-on at Veterans Affairs shouldn't cause us to lose sight of a much bigger scandal: the almost surreal inefficiency and injustice of the American health care system as a whole. And it's important to understand that the Veterans Affairs scandal, while real, is being hyped out of proportion by people whose real goal is to block reform of the larger system.
And, in America, medical costs often cause financial distress to an extent that doesn't happen in any other advanced nation".Other advanced countries don't suffer from comparable problems because private gain is less of an issue. Outside the U.S., the government generally provides health insurance directly, or ensures that it's available from tightly regulated nonprofit insurers; often, many hospitals are publicly owned, and many doctors are public employees."
Don't think for an instant that the push for single payer has slowed. How can you help? Get involved. Financially support groups advocating for single payer. Read more about the issue. Find out if your state has a PNHP chapter or a group pushing for single payer. Talk about it. For even with the news out of Minnesota that 95 percent of its population is now insured, that still means 5 percent is not. And how many of the 95 percent still struggle to make premium payments or have high copays and deductibles? And the ACA does nothing to stop medical bankruptcy for those still on point for high deductibles. And how many of us still delay care because of that? If other nations can provide their citizens with 100 percent coverage at affordable rates with outcomes that top the charts, why can't we?
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