Universal health care answers state's needs

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: July 27, 2006 | Copyright information

CALIFORNIA NEEDS to wake up and realize that universal health care is not a liberal pipe dream; it is the only way to fix our broken system of skyrocketing health care costs, inadequate care and millions of uninsured individuals.

The purchase of health care does not fit into standard economic models that explain costs by supply and demand. People do not demand health care; they are forced into receiving it because they get sick. No matter who is paying for it, be it HMOs, private comp...

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