Healthcare Reform Costs & Savings (For Visual Learners)

I try to stay above the fray in the health care reform discussion because my brain can't break from it's obsessive-compulsive pattern of constant re-firing on bailouts, and so I just haven't had the time to learn the issues well enough to open my mouth.  But I will still offer 3 basic thoughts on healthcare:

• The government runs Veterans healthcare and it's a freaking disgrace.

• We need to stop spending so much in the final months of a patient's care.

• It is economically inefficient and damaging to tie healthcare insurance to employment.

I do understand national debt and deficit issues far too easily however, and so videos like this one always strike a chord.  It's another great visual clip from 10000 Pennies.

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[DailyBail]

2 previous videos from 10,000 Pennies

http://dailybail.com/display/Search?searchQuery=10000+pennies&moduleId=4521698

If you haven't seen them, try to take the time...they are extremely well-done.

[Maggie Knowles]

"The government runs Veterans healthcare and it's a freaking disgrace."
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I'd like to see the data you base your opinion on. Thank you.

[DailyBail]

Maggie.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR2007021701172.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/walter-reed/index.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-goldstein/beyond-walter-reed-the-do_b_46720.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Reed_Army_Medical_Center_neglect_scandal

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20090818_A_focus_on_veterans__health.html

My father is both a physician and a Veteran of the Vietnam War. He's been fighting for better facilities, treatment and funding for Vets for over 3 decades. Washington has been unresponsive.

[DailyBail]

Here's one more for you:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8896683