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Well, once again we get some bad news on the state of healthcare in the U.S. (view report here). It turns out that the U.S. came in "last among 19 industrialized nations in premature deaths that might have been prevented by better access to health care."
The sad thing is, if our government wasn't in thrall to the insurance industry -- which the report says has very high overhead costs (all that lobbying is expensive, I suppose) -- Americans could have it all: The best healthcare in the world for all Americans.
The report estimates that we are overpaying for healthcare by about $100 billion per year and needlessly suffering 100,000 preventable deaths. That's just outrageous.
The next president is going to have to deal with a healthcare system that has entered crisis mode. We'd better pick someone who's up for a tough, grueling battle against the health insurance industry. Otherwise we're just going to get more of the same ol', same ol'.
Good morning AP.....know that you have a great sense of humor, so thought
you might get a chuckle (?) out of this............ The absurdity is
just...............welll...........absurd!!!
http://www.seeingthefores
t.com/archives/2008/07/who_sent_you_th_1.htm