Rebuilding healthcare without the middlemen

By Derrick Z. Jackson | Saturday, June 13, 2009 | The Boston Globe

“…Even if Congress responds to Obama’s alarm, it is doubtful reform will put us on par with other developed countries. Obama has already taken a single-payer system off the table, despite repeatedly acknowledging the clear benefits of eliminating the administrative costs of middlemen insurance companies. In a May town hall in New Mexico, he said to applause, ‘If I were starting a system from scratch, then I think that the idea of moving towards a single-payer system could very well make sense. That’s the kind of system you have in most industrialized countries around the world’….”…BS

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