The Columbus Dispatch editorial took a very hard look at the reform bills being debated and Congress and its conclusions on costs are not good.
Here are some key excerpts:
“…the Concord Coalition notes that ‘all of the bills that Congress has produced focus on expanding insurance coverage, not controlling costs. Indeed, to the extent that they would save any money at all, it is merely to offset the extra budgetary cost of more — not less — health-care spending.’”
“The coalition’s analysis goes on to detail how lawmakers’ confident assertions about rooting out waste and improving efficiency simply can’t be achieved to a degree that would significantly reduce the incessant increase in health-care costs.”
“Americans want an improvement in the nation’s health-care system, not only for themselves but for their neighbors. But they should not be saddled with an unsustainable, unaffordable overhaul sold to them with accounting gimmicks and rosy projections.”
For the full article, click here.
