Healthcare reform is NOT socialized medicine

Leading cause of bankruptcies is out-of-pocket medical expenses – even for people with insurance.

Three percent of Medicare's premiums go for administrative costs. By contrast, 10 to 20 percent of private-insurance premiums go for administrative costs.

New York Times/CBS News poll found that 72 percent of the public supports this “public option.” The poll, released Saturday, also found that 57 percent of the public is willing to pay more taxes to insure the uninsured.

IMO – healthcare should be about the keeping people healthy –preventative maint :) - treating long term illness – respectful care for the dying – not profits.


http://finance.senate.gov/healthreform2009/finalwhitepaper.pdf

http://www.healthreform.gov/reports/healthdisparities/index.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303386.html?hpid=topnews

http://www.newsweek.com/id/202872?digg=1

http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/06/23/why-healthcare-reform-is-still-alive-despite-killer-cost-estimates/

http://alankatz.wordpress.com/2009/01/18/health-care-reform-2009-required-reading/

http://help.senate.gov/Maj_press/2009_06_09.pdf

stay tuned to a variety of sources as this is constantly evolving.