| The Health Care Conundrum Big Problem, Small Solution
Heller, Peter; Opper, Barbara
The American Interest, September/October 2009, online edition
"A few years ago, the State of Massachusetts passed legislation that facilitated almost universal health insurance coverage for its citizens. Massachusetts also now enjoys health outcomes comparable to those of other industrial countries and generally superior to the rest of the United States. Despite these achievements, the level of health spending, as well as the rate of health care inflation, remain so stubbornly high (at about the national average) that many citizens of the Bay State regard the experiment as a failure. [...] Health care reform is not simply a technical problem, but also a moral and political one."
Peter Heller and Barbara Opper are, respectively, senior adjunct professor of international economics at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and former senior manager of financial policy at the World Bank.
Go to the article at:
http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=669
C18/06-09. Posted October 19, 2009
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