The need to combine social and health policy
By Madeline Drexler | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | The Boston Globe
“…If President-elect Barack Obama wants to live up to his ambitious vision, then he must combine social and health policy. First and foremost, push for universal healthcare. ‘Just like smoking and diabetes, lack of health insurance is an early death sentence,’ said Sarah Burd-Sharps, a former UN administrator and co-author of ‘The Measure of America‘. Every rich nation in the world except ours has figured out how to provide health coverage to virtually every citizen – and at far lower cost per capita….”…BS
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