Commentary The HSA Model For Health Care Reform I've previously given arguments why the private insurance industry is not worth preserving and how nationalized health care would boost the economy. But even if legislation passes, there's a justifiable fear that health care reform will fail -- by making too many compromises, or by escalating costs even further. There's
Commentary Why National Health Care is Good for the Economy My last post about the failure of private health insurance was prompted by a conversation with a friend. Both of us are baby boomers, at that life-stage where we and our spouses work as much to secure affordable group health insurance as for the wages. Neither of our families has
Commentary No Defending Private Health Insurance I was talking with a friend recently about health care reform and how it has divided the public. Both of us understand the concerns about government control. However, we can't understand how our country could do worse than the private insurance "system". As my friend put it, private insurers "add
