Thanks for the link. I agree with what he’s saying, but would add that his entire argument could be summed up in one word: privatization. ;)[/quote]
I don’t think the word even applies. It usually refers to the shift of ownership and delivery of goods and services from the public sector to the private sector. A hundred years ago, there was almost no involvement of government in health care. Significant funding for the CDC is less than 70 years old, for the NIH, less than 50. Medicare is 50 years old, Medicaid a few years younger. What we’ve seen over the last 50 years is de-privatization.
