Leading Dems Miss the Boat on Health Care

By John P. Geyman, Tikkun
Posted on January 22, 2008, Printed on January 22, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/story/74039/

As we face the 2008 presidential campaigns, the stakes have never been higher for health care reform. Health care is pricing itself beyond the reach of lower-income and middle-class Americans with no cost containment yet on the horizon. Seniors with Medicare are paying much more out-of-pocket for their medical care now than when Medicare was enacted in 1965.

We already have a perfect storm as the U.S. health care "system" falls apart, and many public polls put access to affordable health care at the top of our domestic agenda.