Health Care Reform Is Needed Now More Than Ever
February 28th, 2009 by 2CDC
Saturday 28 February 2009
by: Mark Weisbrot, t r u t h o u t | Perspective
With the US economy’s downward spiral still accelerating and the federal government looking at its largest budget deficits since World War II, some are saying that this is not the time to expand health care coverage to all Americans.
But this is exactly the time for the Obama administration to move boldly on its campaign promise to implement a universal health care system.
Obama wants spending that stimulates the economy in the short term, but he also wants to reduce the long-term deficit problem after the economy recovers. This is exactly what health care reform will do.
In the short run, health care spending, like other government spending on goods and services, creates jobs and generates income. This will help arrest the economy’s downward spiral. Read the rest of this entry »
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