Better Health Care! Coverage, That Is

By Dylan Mann, Linda Vista

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Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009 | This was an excellent article. voiceofsandiego does a great job covering education, housing, and of course, city politics, but I would love to see regular reports (perhaps even a dedicated column) on San Diego health care. Indirectly, more press coverage will help provide care to the underserved. Make no mistake about it -- PHILANTHROPISTS READ VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.

Many of our fellow San Diegans are skipping primary care because they can't afford $30 co-pays at a local clinic. We all know what happens next ... their conditions fester, they head to the nearest emergency room, and our society pays their bill, which grows to $30,000.

There are people reading VOSD who have the means to underwrite many health clinic co-pays. This is an attractive, "upstream" intervention for donors looking to get the most bang for their philanthropic buck, so to speak. If you want to help people like Ángeles Hernandez, write these kinds of stories as often as possible. I guarantee it will make a difference.

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If you'd like to see what really could be done to solve the health care cost crisis, take some time to visit the web site link prescription.com. You'll understand, after reading this short book, why we are heading off the cliff with the current stupid solutions running through congress. Hint: They didn't follow rule one in problem solving: Take time to get a clear definition of the problem!

Posted by Bill Bradshaw | reply to this comment
October 26, 2009 5:04 pm

The internet link is link

Posted by Bill Bradshaw | reply to this comment
October 28, 2009 10:07 am

Here some links from excellent LA Times, a real newspaper, on healthcare. There are more good article in the series so don't hesitate to look to LA times for better info. link link link

Posted by Gene | reply to this comment
October 28, 2009 11:38 am

Here's some stories San Diegans posted on the President's health stories page: link

Posted by ben shaton | reply to this comment
October 28, 2009 7:18 pm

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