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What's Wrong with the Health Care Media?
John Goodman's Health Policy Blog [Opinion] July 18, 2012
"How many times have you heard that 26-year-olds can be covered by their parent's health insurance as a result of health reform? Quite a few times I suspect. How about the fact that seniors can get free checkups? Yes, that too. How about the fact that health reform really isn't paid for? That half the dollars needed to pay for it will require Medicare cuts so draconian that Congress is unlikely to ever let them take place? Hmm ? You don't remember reading about that? What about the fact that families at the same income level will get vastly different subsidies under the reform -- differences that amount to $10,000 a year or more? Ahh -- You didn't read about that either? Here's the problem. The first two facts -- the ones you hear about often -- are trivial. The second two facts -- the ones you never hear about -- are deadly serious."
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