Wednesday, September 9, 2009

MONEY-DRIVEN MEDICINE

There is a new documentary by Alex Gibney that should enlighten some of us on this issue. It will be lobbied against by high-priced lobbyist, refuted as lies by those with a vested interest, disbelieved by those who should believe, and be a frustration to those who would like to force a failure for President Obama in achieving one of his campaign promises.

Click here for a preview and more on the subject.

Maggie Mahar is a fellow at the Century Foundation and the author of Money-Driven Medicine: The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much (Harper/Collins 2006).

Hopefully we will soon better understand what the proposal is really planning and not have to listen any longer to the slippery-slopers and paranoids. Republicans will continue to debate this as a political debate rather than a policy debate as viewed by Rachel Maddow of MSNBC. I think she is right on track here.

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