Word: himmelstein
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...Himmelstein and the paper’s third author, Medical School Professor Stephanie J. Woolhandler, are the co-founders of Physicians for a National Health Program, an organization dedicated to supporting a universal, single-payer national health system...
...Himmelstein said that the study represents additional evidence to support such a health care system, and he criticized President-elect Barack Obama’s health insurance reform proposals for not going far enough because it continues to rely on private health insurance companies...
...Unfortunately, what’s being proposed by President-elect Obama and the leading Democrats is very disappointing,” Himmelstein said. “We know that it won’t work...
Programs similar to the Democratic proposal have been tried at least five times previously at the state level, Himmelstein said, and have always failed...
...makes good politics but it’s economically nonsensical to say we’ll rely on the private health insurance industry,” Himmelstein said...