Special interests already make medical care and insurance through mandated benefits laws and medical licensing laws. Economist Shirley Svorny summarizes these and other ways politicians and special interests benefit at our expense. An excerpt:
The Democrats’ proposal for health care reform would put more health care decisions in the hands of the government. Government involvement means special interests dominate. This is not a good thing.
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Put the federal government in charge of deciding what is appropriate care, and special- interest groups will fight long and hard for a place on the list.
Politics, not patient needs or the need for increased access to care, will determine which procedures are covered.
Read how government health care is a victory for special interests.
(via FIRM)
