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Health Care Reform: a Postmortem Requiem
January 20th, 2010 | Author: Philip Miller
Last night health care reform died.  What went wrong?  A plethora of explanations from all the usual suspects to follow.  You will hear some rumblings of dissent — press on.
The simple answer: everything was wrong.  This never was about health care reform. This was always an attempt at health insurance reform. And in that regard it was a miserable failure. The bill, as passed by the Senate, was a cruel proposition. The ultimate lay away plan: pay me now and you might be able to enjoy your coerced purchase in four years. Do you know how much can change in four years? Everything.
The Law of Unintended Consequences
September 18th, 2009 | Author: Philip Miller
As I wrote many weeks ago, the health insurance industry will not lose this battle …Â any more than the too-big-to-fail Banks have … all at immense public expense.
Max Baucus‘ political contributions from the health care and finance industry are well documented. Now they have enlisted Tom Daschle and Bob Dole.  What a pair — Tweedle Dee and Tweddle Dum.  I have never understood what qualified Tom Daschle as a health care expert?  His ties to the industry? A deposed ex-Senate Majority Leader?
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