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Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Sep 3, 2008

  Universal Health Care Series: The Inevitability Argument
This post is Part V in a series exploring reasons to support universal health care. It would be nice if we could wave a bureaucratic magic wand to make problems go away. It would be even nicer if the antidote to the health care crisis was strengthening the freedom of choice that the...... [view]
Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Sep 3, 2008

  UHC Series: The Inevitability Argument
It would be nice if we could wave a bureaucratic magic wand to make problems go away. It would be even nicer if the antidote to the health care crisis was strengthening the freedom of choice that the market affords and if this actually led to greater equality. Unfortunately, freedom and...... [view]
Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Aug 18, 2008

  Universal Health Care Series: The Consumerist Argument
photo courtesy of snappybex This post is Part IV in a series exploring reasons to support universal health care. You can find the other parts of the series here . If you have ever tried to closely read your health insurance policy, it is fairly complex and confusing even for the...... [view]
Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Aug 13, 2008

  Universal Health Care Series: The Economic Argument
This post is Part II in a series exploring reasons to support universal health care. You can find the other parts of the series here . Number crunchers consider this: The United States spends more than any other country in the world on health care (16 percent of the national GDP)....... [view]
Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Aug 10, 2008

  Series: Arguments for Universal Health Care
In June, Tim Weaver wrote a post called The Immorality of Universal Health Care on Brazen Careerist that sparked a firestorm of strongly opinionated comments, including from me. It’s something that has stuck in my mind given my strong interest in health and public welfare. I...... [view]
Posted By:  vanessamason
Posted On:  Jun 15, 2008

  Is this gift returnable?
I gave an impromptu lecture to a class full of medical students about the American health care system a couple of weeks ago. The biggest reaction seemed to be their disbelief that there is no legal right to health care in the American constitution. Government obligation to health care is part...... [view]
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