Matt Taibi: The Only Way To Health Ins Reform

Matt Taibbi, an investigative journalist for Rolling Stone Magazine, has written on the failure of government, even present government, to do the critical work of the nation. We need a National Health Plan. Without it, 20,000 people a year die, and over 60 million are uninsured or under-insured. Without it medical bankruptcy occurs making up over 70% of bankruptcies.

Those of us in a comfortable position continue to think we are unaffected by this. However our current crisis was fueled not only by greed but also because of the poor resiliency of citizens at the lower end of the income scale. The cascade of events eventually threw people out of work who thought their jobs were secure. Having the cushion of reasonable health care for all would have softened this blow. We are now stuck for years to come unless we get real about providing Medicare for all.

Here is the link to Taibbi's article, please view the 3 videos to get the gist of this problem: http://taibbi.rssoundingboard.com/health-care-reform-sick-and-wrong#