Christina Romer On How Health Care Reform Will Save Us Money

The Washington Post:

Yesterday, I wrote a couple of posts on the report issued by the White House's Council of Economic Advisers laying out "The Economic Case for Health Reform." It was, I thought, an important document, as it was the fullest description of the administration's central argument for their largest policy initiative. Last night, I spoke with Christina Romer, the chairwoman of the CEA, about the genesis of the report, what she learned and even what she's reading. A lightly edited transcript follows.

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[Dbos]

AONE PAYER SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE TO EXCLUDE INSURANCE COMPANIES . PEOPLE CAN BUY ADDITIONAL INSURANCE , JUST LIKE THEY DO NOW WITH MEDICARE .

[Chironomid]

Get ready for Medicare "Part E" -- the one where we tax the few remaining employer-provided plans and shuttle the money to insurance and hospital CEO's so they can say "no" to your treatment while making $10M a year, instead of the $5M or so they make now. And you get a coupon for 5% off on your restless legs pills.

[ChelseaC]

Real reform should come in the form of HR-676--for those who want it.
Give We The People the choice--HR-676 which is Medicare FOR ALL and
allow the private FOR PROFIT system sink or swim on it's own without ANY help (subsidies)
from the government.
If HR-676 were put on the table as an option, it would not take long for the insurance companies
to loose this competition. At this point, the insurance companies can either go belly up or restructure--meaning they could privide other insurance services-- auto,home, malpractice, pet health,business, travelers, life insurance, etc.

The bottom line is health "insurance" regarding health "care" is not working. Ones health should not be a comodity. Private health insurance is ruining the delivery of health care.
Allow Medicare--HR-676 to be an option for ALL PEOPLE who want it--we'll see what the PEOPLE want instead of what politicians dictate because of their special interest motives.

It's time to provide health care to ALL, save money, take he burden off of big business--NOW!
This is not rocket science--what is making this so difficult are obtructionist in the House and Senate who are more concerned about their campaign donations than the needs of their voters.
Give us the choice--HR-676--Medicare for all or a private for profit insurance policy who's bottom line is profits, cutting care, and administrative saleries and bonuses.

www.pnhp.org/change//change/

[vippy]

I am confident by the time those senators get around to it the new proposal will look like the disaster of the recent credit card reform. I have no hope. All talk and no action. I wished we could offer the senate the very same social security and healthcare we, the people get. Call this the land of opportunity and you could not be more wrong!

[Dbos]

Health care change by congress = failure

[unbozo]

Not a single thing said about single-payer. What a sham.

The American public will probably have thrust upon it some
chimera so ugly that no one will want it.

[ChelseaC]

No single payer, no public option alternative--NO CHANGE.
Either allow us change or we vote you out--it's that simple and
that goes for POTUS Obama too.