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December 19, 2009
“The irony is that President Obama and a number of legislators have lauded the work of approximately 30 health-care organizations, caring for about 6 percent of the population, that for decades have provided care reliably better than average at lower cost.” Why is this being ignored?
It’s simple!
“The answer is that cutting the annual expenditures on health care, now about $2.5 trillion, would mean lower profits for the health-care industry. Today, health-care expenditures are more than three times as much as even the defense budget. If it were a country, U.S. health-care spending would be the world’s seventh-largest national economy. It’s no surprise that the industry has spawned powerful lobbies and has made sizable corporate contributions to the reelection campaigns of members of Congress.”
From Henry F.C. Weil and Philip R. Lee in A way to deliver health care that’s better, safer and cheaper.
There’s nothing I could add that would say more — so I will simple leave it at this. But don’t be misled — this is the exact same reason the Republicans don’t want health care reform.
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