http://www.healthbeatblog.com/2009/01/dr-atual-gawande-on-realitybased-reform-why-dont-we-open-the-va-to-the-uninsured-.html
Free VA services for any American. I need to find arguments against the idea of opening the VA up to everyone. Doing that while maintaining our current private system makes a lot of sense. An opposition might be that the VA is underfunded, but preventing emergencies always seems like a good counter-argument making it less expensive and more humane than the SQ. The author's point is that countries develop modern systems based on historical foundations. We have the VA-- why not more fully use it?
Also has good brief descriptions of the foundations and events that led to several European medical systems.
It's based on a New Yorker article written by Atul Gawande. And Q&A with him. REEEEALLY I should have read those before blogging....
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