Once upon a time I thought this was a bad idea, socialized medicine, and all that. I was about 20 years old at the time. Having gotten older and learned more (wisdom probably still eludes me), I became convinced that this country needs national health care for very practical reasons. Although, do not get me started on the ham-handed method used by Hilary fifteen years ago. Ordinary citizens deserve national health care and our global businesses are finding out what it is like to compete with countries where there is national health care (hello, GM.) Ordinary people
used to be able to escape the crush of medical expenses through bankruptcy. That avenue has been partially blocked. Woe be the day that we find out how much hard we caused with the new bankruptcy law. But the reason I see this catching on will come from business and not from an idealistic belief that our fellow citizen's health and well being ought to be a concern of us all (that should be enough but it is not enough to fight off the bogeyman of socialism). It will come from businesses, Big Business, and it is starting with the teetering fortunes of Ford and GM. I suggest reading the following forum on the
Working Knowledge for Business Leader page. Notice these are business people talking about the advantages of national health care for business.
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