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theglitteringeye.com - 19 days ago
Why Is American Healthcare So Expensive?
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Ezra Klein is undoubtedly correct, even tautological, in his assertion about why U. S. healthcare is so expensive in his conversation with Kaiser-Permanente CEO George Halvorson: There is a simple explanation for why American health care costs so much more than health care in any other ...
voices.washingtonpost.com - 24 days ago
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— voices.washingtonpost.com — Seattle: So what exactly did the House put out this morning? Is it the Robust opt-out Public Option that Sen. Reid talked about? Ezra Klein: No. So to do a bit on defining terms here: Robust refers to a public option that can use Medicare's ... (more) Chat transcript

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Time's Joe Klein: GOP Is An 'Extremist' 'Regional Southern Party'
newsbusters.org - 13 days ago
Time's Joe Klein: GOP Is An 'Extremist' 'Regional Southern Party'
— newsbusters.org — The Republicans may have won huge victories in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday, but Time's Joe Klein still thinks the GOP is " an extremist shard of a party that is essentially a regional southern party in the country ." I guess the 66 ... (more) Time's Joe Klein: GOP Is An 'Extremist' 'Regional ...

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Outside The Beltway | OTB:  Health Care: Better, Faster, Cheaper!

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Health Care: Better, Faster, Cheaper!
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... Beyond that, as Dave Schuler points out, there’s no good reason to think OUR government is going to hold down costs in the same way the social democracies have. ...

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An insurance industry CEO explains why American health care costs so much
voices.washingtonpost.com 20 days ago — On Friday, I sat down with Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson to talk about health-care reform. The conversation was long and ranging and will take a while to transcribe. But before we really got into the weeds, Halvorson handed me an ...
How Much Does Health Care Cost? — Swampland
A lot more than it does in other countries, especially if you are buying--as most of us do--a la carte. Ezra Klein has some eye-opening charts, showing average prices in different countries, which come to him via Kaiser Permanante CEO George Halvorson: The Other Klein writes: There is a ...
Why American Health Care Is So Expensive — The New Republic blogs
Ezra Klein , channeling Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson: read more