Politics Getting Serious About Individual Health Insurance
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The Center for American Progress recently released an article about health care titled "Six Conservative Myths About Health Care" seeking to discredit some of the ideas and perceptions regarding individual health insurance in America traditionally espoused by more conservative legislators.
The points they address include some such as, "health reform is best left to individual states," as well as the notion of a flat tax for all Americans to purchase individual health insurance, and the idea that "consumer-driven health plans" will lead to more choices and higher quality of care.
Issues of prevention are also addressed, specifically since those people who must rely on emergency care don't enjoy the benefits of disease prevention as they theoretically would if they could have doctor's appointments on a regular basis.
The goal of the article is to support a federally regulated national health insurance plan that would lower premiums, maintain quality of care, and save America some money in overall health care costs.
How more conservative op-eds will respond should be interesting, and will hopefully generate much needed debate regarding the best means of improving our broken health care system.