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Debating health care with Congressman Blunt
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 25, 2009 11:10am |
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| Category | Editorial |
| Author | George Harris |
| News Date | Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Congressman Roy Blunt came to The Star's editorial board meeting today to discuss health care. The discussion was lively, and Mr. Blunt deserves respect for his effort to craft a proposal consistent with his values.
But his presentation was marred by assertions that were more opinion than fact and by proposals that lacked enough detail to allow evaluation. There were many questions by those present, but I will focus on questions I asked.
But it was Mr. Blunt's response to my criticism that was most revealing. He said, anecdotally, that he has had serious medical problems and that he was very satisfied with his health care.
The response revealed two major areas of confusion. First, a patient's satisfaction level with his/her health care is not the same as satisfaction with the health care payment system. The first could be great, the second awful.
More significantly, Mr. Blunt has the finest health care insurance money can buy, and he's a member of Congress. Does he really think the insurance company (or the health care provider) would do anything but treat him as a VIP? |
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