Quote:The republican health care solution? No, we gave up on that ages ago. Now Florida Sports God is trying to convince us the reason healthcare costs are so high is our fault for all being weak-willed diabetes-having sinners. Nothing to do with the insurance lobby. Fatty.

 

Pretty much. There are a few folks that seem to think that the U.S. is some special snowflake that is incredibly different than all of the other countries that have implemented better health care systems. So far I haven't heard (or missed, somewhere in the agricultural extension class posts) the part that explains that our procedure or drug costs are due to bad eating, climate, or locusts. While I have read a few book and a number of articles, I think this site summarizes many of my thoughts on the matter. The conclusions page is a pretty quick overview on why we are where we are. 

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