RSS 2.0 FeedWalter Reed Hospital: A Preview Of Coming Attractions
by Doug MataconisOver at Reason’s Hit&Run, Ronald Bailey looks at the horrible conditions at Walter Reed Army Hospital and sees the future of government-run healthcare:
[L]ook no further than the scandalous mess at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Crappy hospitals, endless waits, mountains of paperwork and, at the end of the day, no real accountability from the people who run the joint. Folks, if the government can’t or won’t take good care of our injured soldiers, what makes you think that it will take good care of little Sally or Uncle Bill?
Health care in the United States is screwed up. This is largely due to bad government policies, e.g., third party payment encouraged through the tax code and multiplying state insurance mandates that unnecessarily boost costs. As the example of Walter Reed is warning us, putting total control of all health care in the hands of those who wrecked it in first place–Congress, states and federal agencies–is the wrong way to go.
Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s the lesson that most people will take away from this particular disaster.
Cox & Forkum nailed it with this one.
Comment by tkc — March 7, 2007 @ 3:45 pmhttp://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/001061.html