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Monday, August 10, 2009

Health care reform resources
You don't have to let key this health-care reformer - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. - tell you what to think. You can read up on this stuff yourself, perhaps even using the links on this page.

It's August, time to read up on health-care reform.

Really.

With Congress on recess, Americans will be hearing more and more about proposals to increase access to health insurance, improve quality and control costs. You don't have to be clueless, though. You can study up, by checking out any and all of the following sources.

A Washington publication - OK, it's the venerable Washington Post - has put together a dandy graphic that outlines the various proposals taking shape in Congress. It not only reveals how many of the uninsured will be covered, but also the cost and impact on the federal deficit.

Then there's White House Web site posted at www.healthreform.gov. Figure they'd have one, right? It's President Obama's baby, this whole health-care overhaul movement.

For another authoritative source, check out the Kaiser Family Foundation offerings. These guys live and breathe this stuff. (Only get on their mailing list if you have hours of free time on your hands to plunge into the policy weeds.) On this issue, Kaiser offers its own side-by-side comparison of the reform proposals, an online chart book on each state's health care outlook, and a primer on covering the uninsured. Kaiser even has polling data to tell you what you think (but may know you think it, yet.)

So, there you go.

Better call out for pizza.
Posted by Inquirer Editorial Board @ 1:35 AM  Permalink | 4 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:29 PM, 08/10/2009
    Kaiser - is a big health care provider (insurance company) I'm not so sure their point of view is neutral - be that as it may - don't let ANYONE tell you how to think!
    — JourneyHome
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:42 PM, 08/10/2009
    Including the Left.
    — yes
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:45 PM, 08/10/2009
    Obama should bookmark some of these websites (including the White House one) and read up a little bit sometime. He might actually get a little bit of education about how the health care systems works, instead of pushing his hypothetical solutions which will tank our health care system faster than a sinking cinder block in the Delaware River. Or perhaps he's just too busy to educate himself on the topic and concentrating on which late night TV show he's going appear on next.
    — Stinger
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