"Six Democratic presidential candidates on Thursday during a debate in Johnston, Iowa, sponsored by the Des Moines Register and Iowa Public Television discussed health care and other issues, the New York Times reports (Healy/Zeleny, New York Times, 12/14). According to the Washington Post, the candidates "found general agreement by promising" that they would expand health insurance to all U.S. residents (Kornblut/Balz, Washington Post, 12/14)."This is the one thing that should not be done, unless coverage is limited which I have yet to hear is in the offing.
What must occur is the opposite.
More funding of sick care will never improve health. They are two separate concepts.
What will work is more responsibility placed on individuals to improve their own health so the sick care industry can be more effective.
"Former Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) said that previous efforts to expand health insurance to all residents have failed because 'we have a small group of entrenched interests, corporate powers, corporate greed, the wealthiest people in America, who are controlling what's happening in the democracy.' Edwards added, "And we have to take it back" (Beaumont, Des Moines Register, 12/14)."Indeed we do.
They are called politicians. (This is a non-partisan post. It is just that the article was about Democrats. There is no implication here that they have a stranglehold on stupid.)
Fight back before they kill us all.
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