On Why We Need To Lose The Public Option

Courtesy Donklephant  Wed, 08/19/2009 - 9:17am

The following editorial from Steven Pearlstein is one of the more clear headed I’ve read on health reform, the public option and why co-ops could be better.

So I’m going to excerpt a little more than I usually do.

First, on why health reform is needed and why the magic of the market isn’t helping contain costs…it’s actually driving it up…

Because consumers don’t pay out of pocket for much of their health care, they don’t shop around...


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