New month, new goal: Blog everyday!
Why? 1) writers block at work 2) health reform!
Today: A really interesting NYT article on the Swiss health care system with a very misleading headline: " Swiss Health Care Thrives Without Public Option"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/health/policy/01swiss.html?em
What I think is misleading is that private health insurers in Switzerland are mandated to sell basic health insurance without making a profit. Sure, if we did this, we would not need a gov't created non-profit "public option"
A better headline would be "Swiss Health Care Thrives With Private, Non-Profit Insurers."
In this country, the government mandating that a private entity cannot make a profit goes against some strong cultural values we have about the right to make money. So the Swiss model would not work here. A public option -- a nationally available non-profit basic health insurance plan -- would allow private companies to continue earning a profit while giving consumers.....CHOICE!
More tomorrow....
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