Health Care
Policy 2008
One of the most
important issues facing our nation is the fact that the
United States, alone out of major industrialized
nations, is the only one that lacks some form of
Universal Health Care.
Rather, the Bush
Administration has turned to so-called 'market-driven'
policies that have created confusion, increased costs,
and even more increased profits for elements of the
private sector such as prescription drug manufacturers,
insurance companies, plan administrators and others--all
with not only no demonstrable improvement in health
care, but actually a continued deterioration of the
system.
Because of that, we
are stepping up our coverage of policy issues as the
nation enters into elections in 2006 and 2008. It
is imperative that the nation--especially our growing
seniors' population--is equipped with facts that will
enable them to determine what is needed to fix the
country's ineffective, highly costly health care system.
Daniel Hines
Publisher
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important issue:
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