Can the Great Republic summon the will to tackle health care?

Jeffrey Simpson atching Americans debate health care reform throughout 2009 called to mind the old Irish joke. Lost in rural Ireland, the tourist asks a local, “How do I get to Ballygambema?” “Well,” replies the local, “I wouldn't start from here.” “Here” is a system that leaves about 45 million people without insurance, millions more underinsured, insurance and pharmaceutical companies making huge profits – a system that costs the country 16 per cent of its annual national income for aggregate health outcomes no better than in countries such as Canada, whose systems cost much less. Put another way, there are ... Leer más