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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists and the Accidental President December 13-15, 2013 [View all]DemReadingDU
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The US does not have a health insurance problem. It has a health care cost problem the uninsured are a symptom, not the illness itself. The parasitism of the actual health insurance companies is just more obvious than others. But from overpaid doctors, to usurious hospitals that charge $500 for a stitch, to snake oil-peddling pharmaceutical companies charging thousands a year for dubious treatments, there are simply too many people collecting too much money just because they can.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, they all seem to have a very good friend in the White House.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/20595-the-backroom-deal-that-couldve-given-us-single-payer
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