April 8, 2007
The New York Times Magazine (April 1, 2007) contained an article by Jonathan Cohn on "universal health care". It's worth reading just to ensure against the Big Business co option of the discourse regarding real universal health care. What Steve Burd, CEO Safeway and Lee Scott, CEO Wal-Mart are interested in is relieving the burden of caring for workers. At its most extreme the system they propose will look like auto insurance complete with an across the board Federal mandate that everyone purchase health insurance from private insurance companies. At its best, this system will develop into a two-tiered health care system where most of us making $40,000 a year or less will receive substandard care at clinics established at places like Target and the wealthy will be able to afford preventative care and real medical professionals. I'll keep an eye on the thread of this story to see how the media uses it to shape the conversation about health insurance for children (the plan that Big Business is proposing doesn't seem to figure children into the picture at all).
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Good words.
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