Whats Worse, Health Care or Cancer?
The health care crisis in this country is a monster, like one of those mythical giant squids that could grab a sailing vessel, wrap its tentacles around it, and pull it to the bottom of the sea. President Obama’s message is that the U.S. economy is that ship. Without reform, health care costs will sink us in the near future. Yet it’s no surprise that Congress can’t find a solution or that the public is deeply worried about the cost of reform. Each arm of this monster thinks it has a right to hold on. Doctors don’t want lower salaries. Pharmaceutical companies don’t want a flood of generic drugs from across the border. Lawyers and insurance companies fight for their share of premiums and court settlements. Patients don’t want reduced care. In a televised town meeting aimed at selling his program, Obama rightly pointed out that Americans pay more for health care than anyone else in the world but don’t necessarily get more. One example is the estimated $700 billion dollars in unnecessary
