Cost or access: Choose one or the other

January 30, 2008

WSJ: “Liberal health-care politics is increasingly the art of the impossible: You can’t make coverage ‘universal’ while at the same time keeping costs in check — at least without prohibitive tax increases. Lowering cost and increasing access, in other words, are separate and irreconcilable issues.”

Update:
David Catron with more. As I mentioned before, cost should supercede universal coverage. Unfortunately, reining in costs means saying “no” to patients, which is not politically feasible in an election year.

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