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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- "Increase access and you increase cost"
- Coverage without access
- ER waits: The NY Times is half-right
- Universal coverage without primary care access is useless
- Hospital charges and the uninsured
- ER visits and health care costs rise in Massachusetts due to lack of primary care access
- "Isn’t it time we had a health system run by doctors?"
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