Healthcare Overhaul

America's healthcare and medical insurance industries need to be "fixed".  No doubt about it.  Premiums keep increasing, deductibles keep increasing, coverage keeps going the other direction. Horror stories abound.  So, there's lots of talk of Universal Healthcare.  Wisconsin, apparently, is set to jump in with both feet.  This blogger doesn't think the higher taxes will go over well with folks who live there.   I'm thinking there needs to be some math involved - comparing current health insurance premiums with the tax increases and looking at what the coverage includes.  If it wipes out deductibles, etc, the tradeoff could be worth it. You'll find the numbers on the link...

Wisconsin To Provide Universal Healthcare

You’d think liberals around the nation would be happy about this program.  You’d think we’d have been hearing about it all over the place.  As it is, the Wall Street Journal (hardly a bastion of liberal sentiment) had to highlight the program in an op/ed.  Wondering why? Maybe it’s because the program highlights the stark reality of socialized medicine: Free health care is expensive: [...]

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