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Louis Proyect wrote: > ...does it make sense from the overall needs of the capitalist system for such a large proportion of the GDP to be associated with health care? < No, and the Obamacare law sets up a couple of institutions charged with reducing "costs." Their mandate is to use pseudo-science, statistical chicanery, and stealth regulation and legislation to put through less care and to turn the screws on nurses and doctors, which also grinds down the quality of care. See, for example, "Obamacare's Cost Scalpel," by Alex Nussbaum, Meg Tirrell, Pat Wechsler and Tom Randall, Business Week, April 5, 2010 issue: How does the health-care overhaul propose to control spending? By evaluating treatments through "comparative effectiveness research" http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_14/b4172064340424.htm (May require subscription) Charles Andrews No Rich, No Poor (Needle Press) ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
