Friday, December 4, 2009
Getting the Facts Straight on Health Care Reform
Wow, just read an awesome article by an MIT economist Jonathan Gruber in the NEJM. Finally someone has provided a cogent, well researched, and passionate rebuttal to all of the scurrilous talk that's been flying around in Congress. I was feeling a little down about health care reform watching the news, but reading this article has made me believe again! We absolutely must pass something substantial this year, and Gruber has basically bashed every possible argument against reform.
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I agree this is a good article. What is telling is that he does not mention the "public option" once. Both sides of this debate would have you believe the the public option is the most important part of reform - I was at a town hall meeting last night hosted by Doctors for America and MoveON.org, and a "strong public option" was mentioned dozens of times as critical. As Gruber points out by ignoring it, the public option is a distraction, neither as necessary or as damaging as its backers or critics maintain.
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