The existing cost model is broken. -- GoochlandHoo 06/21/2017 3:51PM
And none of this addresses the maldistribution of doctors ... -- HowieT3 06/21/2017 10:53AM
I dunno'...Doc Hollywood went small town and did okay (pic) -- Tuckahokie 06/21/2017 11:49AM
You can blink now! ** -- SPYCAV 06/21/2017 1:40PM
The cold job offers that my wife gets in the mail from underserved -- CavMan1 06/21/2017 11:18AM
Great salary, worked all day, and time to go out to dinner -- VaTechie 06/21/2017 11:35AM
Harper's had a really good article this month on that topic -- Fuzzy Dunlop 06/21/2017 11:23AM
That's pretty much the central Trumpleton paradox -- Beerman 06/21/2017 11:11AM
Good. Now let's see them fisk laws that are actually being proposed -- Fuzzy Dunlop 06/21/2017 10:39AM
Both Vermont and California found that they would basically have to double -- JMHoo 06/21/2017 10:36AM
I thought Cali's program would cost double the total budget -- dajoka004 06/21/2017 12:10PM
Yes, $400 billion, but they would get $200 billion of it from -- JMHoo 06/21/2017 12:29PM
Also have to consider ER & EE share for private insurance now, but IIRC -- Hoodafan 06/21/2017 1:17PM
A $13.00 per gallon gas tax will take of that problem in Cali** -- Tuckahokie 06/21/2017 10:43AM
Vermont a little better off...only about a Six dollar a gallon gas tax ** -- Tuckahokie 06/21/2017 10:49AM
It can be dissected a million ways, it can be studied ad nauseum...but if -- Tuckahokie 06/21/2017 09:33AM
What is the Republicans goal with health care? -- WahooMatt05 06/21/2017 09:54AM
To help insurance companies be profitable ** -- hokeyhokie 06/21/2017 11:10AM
Insurance is not where the big money is. The big money is in the actual -- Hokie5150 06/21/2017 11:38AM
Of course...as it should be ** -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 1:21PM
Yep...Chris Rock nailed it..."the money is in the medicine...they don't -- Tuckahokie 06/21/2017 11:50AM
"We didn't have coverage, we had robitussin!" ;) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/21/2017 12:35PM
"Let that Tussin get on down to the bone!" -- hoodeyo 06/21/2017 2:47PM
Ding! A screwed up goal if there ever was one. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 06/21/2017 11:20AM
To kill as many democrat voters as possible... ** -- Hokie5150 06/21/2017 10:30AM
Well, Rs control all Death Panel appointments now ** -- WahooMatt05 06/21/2017 10:48AM
Get as many people quality health care without the govt ** -- TomKazanski 06/21/2017 10:01AM
And how does the government "get" people -- WahooRQ 06/21/2017 10:17AM
Gets out of the way ** -- TomKazanski 06/21/2017 11:30AM
Anarchy: the key to universal heatlhcare. -- WahooRQ 06/21/2017 12:41PM
Universal healthcare where everyone gets every possible measure -- Hokie5150 06/21/2017 1:49PM
So is education where everyone gets to go to Yale. So on that note -- WahooRQ 06/21/2017 2:20PM
We shouldn't have a federalized one. ** -- Hokie5150 06/21/2017 2:30PM
It's also a strawman -- Beerman 06/21/2017 2:18PM
So is the strawman of Libertarianism = Anarchy. You should know right? ** -- HoosGuy 06/21/2017 4:44PM
Did you forget something Tom? -- VaTechie 06/21/2017 11:38AM
He won't even understand your question ** -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 10:49AM
Being the party of opposition is easy...having to govern is difficult (and -- Tuckahokie 06/21/2017 09:58AM
To put as much cost on the consumer as possible -- Beerman 06/21/2017 09:57AM
Addressing health care costs is valid -- WahooMatt05 06/21/2017 10:18AM
Insurance is available for everyone in America. The cost is the thing ** -- Beerman 06/21/2017 10:24AM
That is the basic truth but I think everybody accepts this at some level. -- Hoepner 06/21/2017 09:51AM
Yes. That's what it takes. ** -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 09:40AM
There may be ways to nibble away at the fringes of cost reduction like -- Tuckahokie 06/21/2017 09:57AM
Sadly I think you are right. The best we may be able to do is slow -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 12:47PM
That OECD chart does NOT say what the WAPO editorial writer -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 09:30AM
The article implies that money is not going to be saved from elsewhere. -- Hoepner 06/21/2017 09:25AM
See my post above. The column completely misunderstand the analysis ** -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 09:31AM
I just laugh at the fools who think this would be any different than any -- TomKazanski 06/21/2017 09:25AM
People that don't get health ins. through their employer are just leaches ** -- FfxStationHokie 06/21/2017 09:05AM
They are confusing single payer with a government run health system. -- Seattle .Hoo 06/21/2017 09:03AM
How so? Can't read the article (pay wall) but aren't they talking about -- JMHoo 06/21/2017 10:26AM
Here's the copy and paste. It's not a paywall, it's a cap on the free -- Hoodafan 06/21/2017 11:27AM
And here is the link tot he research this column was "based" -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 12:03PM
Thanks. Still don't understand why Seattle .Hoo says "Medicare for all" -- JMHoo 06/21/2017 12:37PM
There is a distinction between government healtcare (UK), government -- Seattle .Hoo 06/21/2017 12:40PM
What's the difference between Canada and Europe? -- JMHoo 06/21/2017 1:10PM
For one thing, you shouldn't lump Europe together. Each country does things -- Seattle .Hoo 06/21/2017 1:23PM
Exactly. And any comparison of OUR government provided insurance -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 12:52PM
And they don't understand the numbers they base their column on - see above ** -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 09:32AM
The USA can't do what every other modern nation does ** -- hokeyhokie 06/21/2017 08:58AM
They can't either, they're all drowning in debt ** -- Hoo87 06/21/2017 09:01AM
Sweden debt/gdp is about 42%. Us debt/gdp is about 106%. -- HoosWillWin 06/21/2017 09:12AM
Norway, which has the 2nd highest Health Care spend per capita, is 32% -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 09:51AM
Do you honestly believe Luxembourg and Norway are fair comparisons... -- HoosGuy 06/21/2017 10:41AM
Norway also has a ~$1t oil fund -- Capital City Hoo 06/21/2017 11:01AM
Sure there are differences, but other countries are making this work, and -- HoosWillWin 06/21/2017 10:51AM
Because it isn't proven with a large, diverse, high-immigrant population ** -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 1:07PM
Canada: 21% immigrant. US: 13% immigrant ** -- Beerman 06/21/2017 1:30PM
Many european countries have similar or higher immigrant populations to US ** -- KCHoo 06/21/2017 3:15PM
They can cherry-pick their immigrants. We can't. ** -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 1:33PM
What do immigration and diversity have to do with a working healthcare -- WahooRQ 06/21/2017 1:20PM
They are on average less healthy than the rest of the population ** -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 1:23PM
That's false. Not to mention Canada and Germany have higher percentage -- WahooRQ 06/21/2017 1:32PM
That's my point. We have multiple drivers of poverty -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 1:37PM
Sweden 23% 1st or 2nd generation immigrant, Norway 17% -- KCHoo 06/21/2017 3:19PM
It isn't the quantity, it is the quality ** -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 3:34PM
Why not just be clear about what you are saying rather than moving the ball -- KCHoo 06/21/2017 3:56PM
The whites drive up the expenditures (largely because they can afford it) -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 4:04PM
Dude, you're embarrassing yourself by trying to make this about race and -- WahooRQ 06/21/2017 4:20PM
When you live in a segregated nation, of course it is about those things -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 4:45PM
Don't hispanics have a higher life expectancy than whites in the US? ** -- KCHoo 06/21/2017 6:05PM
That's an oversimplification -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 11:47PM
Longer life expectancy because they are younger?? That is some -- WahooRQ 06/22/2017 08:30AM
That article would suggest that hispanics, particularly foreign born -- KCHoo 06/22/2017 11:52AM
They come to the US to have babies (which inflates infant mortality #s) -- Faz d. Hoo 06/22/2017 09:01AM
Sweet Jesus please tell me you're just trolling now. ** -- WahooRQ 06/22/2017 09:19AM
I don't think the Nordic countries are much like us either. Germany, France -- WahooRQ 06/21/2017 2:00PM
UK is in total disarray right now so let's not hold them up as a paragon -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 2:55PM
Point is none of them are being bankrupted by universal healthcare systems -- WahooRQ 06/21/2017 2:59PM
So your solution then? -- Beerman 06/21/2017 1:54PM
Yes, we actually don't have the money to simply pay for everyone's -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 2:00PM
That much is absolutely true -- Beerman 06/21/2017 2:04PM
If you are suggesting we abandon single payer, since it -- HoosWillWin 06/21/2017 1:10PM
I've outlined my proposals on health care here multiple times -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 1:19PM
Can't keep track of individual plans. If it is single payer, the great! -- HoosWillWin 06/21/2017 1:43PM
Link -- Faz d. Hoo 06/21/2017 1:52PM
Certainly there are differences in population and georgraphical -- 111Balz 06/21/2017 10:48AM
They are doing it** -- hokeyhokie 06/21/2017 09:03AM