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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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Marshall said...: Really? With roughly 14% of the State's population without insurance, Utah can hardly be seen as a model for health reform. Also, I sincerely hope Speaker Clark actually reads up on what the proposed changes to the health care system are, as it seems to me he thinks the proposal is for a single-payer universal system. This is not the case. In fact, the government will very much be in a facilitative function for health care, as opposed to a completely government-run structure. The proposed system is akin to the very successful system employed in Switzerland.

Also, I hope he can read his Adam Smith a little more and what he meant exactly by an "invisible hand." In the words of Inigo Montoya of the Princess Bride: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...."

Here's a link to a recent study on the state of health care in Utah:

http://www.imakenews.com/cppa/e_article000826715.cfm?x=b11,0,w; 4/28/2009 11:02 AM
Marshall said...: Here's a link on where we stand relative to other states in terms of uninsured children. 13.1% of our chilren (ages 0 - 18) are uninsured. This ranks 39th, nationwide.

http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=127&cat=3&sub=39&yr=85&typ=2&sort=162

Not really something to brag about.; 4/28/2009 11:55 AM