Michael Moore addresses press on Barack Obama and Blue Dog Democrats' approach to health care reform at Public Citizen headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009.
Thanks to Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, "45,000,000 Americans will get single-payer care" through Community Health Centers, much like the already-existing system in Vermont.
While 45,000 die every year for lack of health insurance, "The GOP health insurance reform plan is this: Just don't get sick! And if you do--die quickly!"
Or...first, go bankrupt. Then get on your knees and beg for charity. If this doesn't work, then resort to the final solution: "Die quickly!"
Providers, payers, and patients - do what is in their best interest without concern for cost or effectiveness. This focus is appealing in the short run but leads to a destructive endgame.
Why Paying for Health Care Reform Is Difficult and Essential - Numbers and Rules. In a short few paragraphs, Dr. Aaron elegantly simplifies and quantifies why finding the $1 trillion for universal coverage is so difficult. He concludes, realistically, soberly,
Americans conduct their own online medical information research--many as a short-term replacement for visits to providers. Is this a sign of the new peer-to-peer, participatory healthcare?
Key Issues in Health Reform:
l The federal government's role in financing and
delivering health care
l Lowering the rate of growth of Medicare
spending
l Advance care planning for serious illness