It is not often that this corner agrees with the shrill Paul Krugman of the NY Times.
In his column today, one sentence rang true:
Some health care reformers wanted the Democrats to endorse a single-payer, Medicare-type system for all . . .. . . But it’s better to have an imperfect universal health care plan than none at all.
If someone as far-left as Krugman admits that, physicians at PNHP should take heed, and stop wasting their resources promoting an ideal that cannot be feasibly implemented politically.
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Whatever Krugman and his ilk want will most certainly be imperfect. Be careful what you wish for.
There is no problem so great that the government can’t make it worse. That isn’t dogma. It is an observation from direct personal experience.
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