Thursday, September 17, 2009

Health Consequences of Universal Coverage

The one long-term public health consequence to universal healthcare coverage is the inevitable pandemic of amnesia among those who now oppose it.  Epidemiologist are familiar with this phenomenon, having seen it many times before; in the aftermath of the adoption of Social Security, and Medicare, the Voting Rights Act, integration of the armed forces and schools, women's suffrage. 
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2 comments:

  1. TriciaSeptember 17, 2009 at 6:13 PM

    So we can expect these same people years from now to be shouting that the government should keep it's hands off their national health care? :-)

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  2. Michael NewtonSeptember 24, 2009 at 4:34 PM

    Yup. And we can just smile and assure them we will.

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