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Miracle Cure: How to Solve America's Health-Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn't the Answer
America has wealth, innovation, and access to the best of everything. So why is our health-care system so broken? Why does it cost more than ever and deliver less? How do we solve the problems of the uninsured and seniors who lack drug coverage? And equally important, why is the Canadian system, widely touted as a sparkling example of compassion and universal access, actually a disastrous model to be avoided? This book cuts through the fear and confusion surrounding health-care policy. It explains in clear and simple terms why the system is broken and how to fix it.
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Published September 1, 2004
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May 27, 2023
*DNF* (Read thru p97)
PROS: Good overview of what’s causing US healthcare costs to get out of control. Considers root causes and sloppy government interference that adds to the problems.
CONS: Waves an unyielding banner in favor of tax credits, tax credits, and tax credits for consumers to go spend their own couple thousand dollars a month for high deductible like nothing is actually covered plans.
OVERVIEW: While consumer tax credits sound like an option, we know that people aren’t going to spend $2,000 per month for their own plan, then wait and see how much comes off their taxes. Honestly, this repetitively named solution could only work for those with the wealth to afford that bill in the first place. STOP SAYING TAX CREDITS ARE THE ANSWER! They are not! Overall, yes, we need consumers to see the actual costs of their healthcare and choose more wisely. Yes, we absolutely must kill “Medicare for all” concepts, as anyone who has dealt with these benefits knows what a disaster of over-regulation it is. And yes, ideally, benefits should not be tied to employment. But there’s got to be a better way than beating the drum of tax credits, tax credits, tax credits.
PROS: Good overview of what’s causing US healthcare costs to get out of control. Considers root causes and sloppy government interference that adds to the problems.
CONS: Waves an unyielding banner in favor of tax credits, tax credits, and tax credits for consumers to go spend their own couple thousand dollars a month for high deductible like nothing is actually covered plans.
OVERVIEW: While consumer tax credits sound like an option, we know that people aren’t going to spend $2,000 per month for their own plan, then wait and see how much comes off their taxes. Honestly, this repetitively named solution could only work for those with the wealth to afford that bill in the first place. STOP SAYING TAX CREDITS ARE THE ANSWER! They are not! Overall, yes, we need consumers to see the actual costs of their healthcare and choose more wisely. Yes, we absolutely must kill “Medicare for all” concepts, as anyone who has dealt with these benefits knows what a disaster of over-regulation it is. And yes, ideally, benefits should not be tied to employment. But there’s got to be a better way than beating the drum of tax credits, tax credits, tax credits.
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