Jonathon Cohn writes about some of the pitfalls and problems that health reformers have been trying to avoid. “But making sure people can keep their insurance turns out to be harder than it sounds. It's been an ongoing preoccupation for staff working on reform, both in the administration and on Capitol Hill.”

Paul Krugman makes the point that the Swiss have a hybrid public/private healthcare system and that it is working well for them. “Switzerland offers the clearest example: everyone is required to buy insurance, insurers can’t discriminate based on medical history or pre-existing conditions, and lower-income citizens get government help in paying for their policies.”

Finally, James Kwak wonders whether it is more important to focus on coverage or costs. “[Health care reform] must increase coverage, which costs money; it must reduce costs, to avoid increasing the deficit; and it must do so without being perceived as threatening people's current health care.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/17/AR2009081703018.html

comments (2)

Thanks for providing this -- I've noticed the blog here has slowed down a little bit in the past week, and I wanted to direct interested citizens and voters to publicoption.blogspot.com if they have an unfulfilled need for discussion and debate on health care reform.

"...and it must do so without being perceived as threatening people's current health care."

Hmmmmmmm..."without being perceived"...

hmmmmm...

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