Yesterday's New York Times had several amazing articles. Specifically, there were articles on the health care system, Hillary Clinton, and the Brian Williams scandal. Both the articles on health care and the Brian Williams scandal were about "the system." In the case of Brian Williams commentators were quoted as remarking Williams had come out of the NBC "system," thus implying that system was in some sense to blame for the Williams downfall.
In the scary article on health care it was clear some draconian events in customer's lives were due not to Obama care as such, but the larger system. While the article mentioned deficiencies in the Affordable Care Act, deficiencies which are serious, the problems were mentioned in terms of the larger picture of a broken system. The system here is the profit system. The article mentions ever-changing policies, rules, and network arrangements. It is quite apparent these rapid changes are being made to cut costs and maximize profits for the private insurers in the wake of the Affordable Care Act. In this sense, to blame Obamacare is crazy.
Still, as the article makes clear, the law needs changing. Regulation must be beefed up at the state level. And -- importantly -- some states clearly erred by not doing all they could to promote health care access under the new law.
The prescription called for is "mend it, don't end it."
In the scary article on health care it was clear some draconian events in customer's lives were due not to Obama care as such, but the larger system. While the article mentioned deficiencies in the Affordable Care Act, deficiencies which are serious, the problems were mentioned in terms of the larger picture of a broken system. The system here is the profit system. The article mentions ever-changing policies, rules, and network arrangements. It is quite apparent these rapid changes are being made to cut costs and maximize profits for the private insurers in the wake of the Affordable Care Act. In this sense, to blame Obamacare is crazy.
Still, as the article makes clear, the law needs changing. Regulation must be beefed up at the state level. And -- importantly -- some states clearly erred by not doing all they could to promote health care access under the new law.
The prescription called for is "mend it, don't end it."
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