Must-read report from the Progressive States Network on Health Reform

[clear eye]

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As Congress debates fundamental reforms to these and other programs and to insurance markets, a large question for state leaders is how reform will impact both current state budgets and states' ability to provide greater coverage and consumer protections beyond any new floor established by federal reform.

This Dispatch will examine how federal reform will likely impact states, analyzing specific provisions and whether they are beneficial or detrimental to states' ability to partner with the federal government in pursuit of quality, affordable health care for all.

Crucial question explored: Will the law enacted allow the individual states to progress toward true universal coverage as happened in Canada, or will it lock the door?

BTW, shouldn't this group be in the "activism" section rather than the "health" section? After all the issues discussed are matters of public policy, not health itself.

[Cleita]

1. I agree, but the administrators chose to put it here. It took months to get

even this. You'd think single payer universal health care was a loony commie idea, when in fact it's a rather conservative idea. It's just not in tune with the rapacious capitalism model we are living with today.