Bang on, Diki. The Right doesn't have exclusive access to misinformation.

We have a long way to go to even get to the teens in overall health care. 37th in the world according to the WHO's study 9 years ago. Don't be surprised if our ranking either stays the same or drops even lower.

In 2000, when WHO did their study. The US unemployment rate was 4.0% As of this August, we're sitting at 9.7%, more than DOUBLE what it was 9 years ago.

With more than twice the number of people now unemployed and left to acquire health insurance / health care on their own, what are the chances our "access" and affordability ratings will have improved? Not very good.

This may sound odd, but I think chapter one of the health case reform debate should have begun with sweeping campaign reform legislation.

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Bill in Dayton

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