Providing Hope for the Uninsured: New Plans for Solving the Healthcare Crisis
Perhaps there is hope for fixing the healthcare crisis after all. Hillary Rodham Clinton, author of a failed attempt to overhaul healthcare in the 90s, and Newt Gingrich, engineer of the 90s Republican Revolution largely brought on by Clintons failed attempt, sat down together recently at a National Press Club session entitled Ceasefire on Health Care to discuss what they just might agree on.
And they did agree indeed on several issues including, much to the surprise of some, Gingrichs proposal to voucherize Medicaid. “There is enough money in the system right now to cover the uninsured,” said Clinton. Its not that the meeting was that earth-shattering, but perhaps it is a sign of a growing trend to piecemeal fixes to the healthcare crisis rather than starting from scratch.
That we are, and have been, in a healthcare crisis is clear when you consider that over 44 million Americans have no insurance of any type. The reason for most is that they simply cannot afford any kind of coverage. Attempts to provide universal coverage or cause significant changes through...