1.0 link 143318 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michele-swenson/why-not-a-bailout-that-re_b_143318.html Failed U.S. health care must be regarded a major contributor to our systemic economic crisis. Indeed, the excesses of Wall St. and the subprime mortgage catastrophe mirror U.S. health care policy -- both are typified by privatized profit (for investors and insurers), and socialized risk (for taxpayers and consumers). Inflated U.S. health care costs -- 16% of GDP and rising -- are major contributors to an inflationary economy. Redress of this single aspect of an out-of-control...

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