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Will the US Ever Embrace Universal Healthcare? Part II
Let’s hop across the pond to France for a moment. Widely accepted as having one of the best healthcare systems in the world, France requires its citizens to enroll in government-funded insurance, but also allows them the option to purchase complementary plans out-of-pocket. All French residents are safely covered and pay reasonable rates for their medical expenses in addition to having more options for insurance plans. So, how can it be that their national spending on healthcare is lower than that in America, where the government doesn’t require enrollment?
Will the US Ever Embrace Universal Healthcare? Part I
Health care reform is a hot-button issue, and heated discussion immediately erupts whenever someone suggests implementing a universal health care system for Americans. Personally, I wholeheartedly believe that we should have a universal framework for our medical care – but there are others that just as vehemently oppose it. Let’s consider the issue.
These Words Cost Lives: Thoughts on the Better Care Act
Let me be frank: the Better Care Act was the policy equivalent of Wile E. Coyote sprinting determinedly over the edge of a metaphorical cliff – and the American people would have been the ones to suffer the fall.
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