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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The Real Problem with Healthcare ...

Some of the best analysis of the current health-care debate can be found at The New Media Journal.

Here's a sampling of columns worth reading:

The Real Problem with Healthcare by Paul R. Hollrah
The real problem with healthcare in our country is not quality or availability; the problem with healthcare is the inexplicably high cost, and the fact that no one seems interested in finding out exactly why healthcare is so expensive and who gets all the money.
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Fix It 'Til It's Broke by Lady Liberty
The government doesn't really want to fix anything for real. What it wants to do is fix things in such a way that we can all know and appreciate the government's great value. It's a bonus, of course, if the fix itself causes other problems that require still more government indetermination. Not only does that process perpetuate government, it grows government.
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ObamaCare vs. America by JR Dieckmann
I think most Americans don’t want any more “help” from this government. How about giving the free market a chance while we still have some of it left? Obama and Pelosi have no understanding of the Constitution and not a clue what the roll of government is in this country. The Constitution was written to place limits on the federal government, not to give it unlimited domain upon every whim of a politician.
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'You Have Awakened the Sleeping Giant' by Frank Salvato, Managing Editor
One of the benefits coming from the recent congressional town hall meetings – of which there are many – is that we now know to what extent the elected class in Washington DC is cognizant of their constituents’ positions on the issues; specifically, healthcare. They aren’t, especially on the Left side of the aisle. Instead, the elected class in Washington – and it is true for an overwhelming majority on both sides of the aisle – has opted-out of their sworn duty to represent their constituents in deference to a blinding loyalty to their political party organizations and the ideologies they hold.
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