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Produced by an emergency physician (Paul Hochfeld), “Health, Money and Fear” answers three questions about our broken health care non-system. Why does is cost so much? What does it say about us? What can we do about it? While Congress is more focused on the symptom, lack of Universal Coverage, they are ignoring the underlying problem. COST. Unless they address the perverse incentives that drive up cost, the “reform” we are going to get will be more government subsidies so the insurance industry can continue to thrive being central to a dysfunctional health care system that is better at producing profits than health. The elements of the solution must address the elements of the problem: technology, the fear of liability, mass marketing of prescription drugs, the profit motive, chaos in medical records, unrealistic expectatiions, and the multitude of insurance companies that add substantially to cost without contributing anything to health.

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Make no mistake about it. Health care reform is coming. But what’s the best way to fix our health care system, which is an inefficient, complicated mess of private actors, third-party payers, public subsidies, and innumerable state and federal regulations? Should we place our faith in the government or in the free market?

ObamaCare supporters argue that the answer lies in more government—more subsidies, more regulations, a law mandating individuals buy health-insurance coverage and, of course, more taxes to pay for it all.

The alternative is to base reforms on what works in the other five-sixths of the U.S. economy, where choice and competition increase quality and drive down prices over time.

Can a market-based health care system work? We can begin to answer this question by looking at Lasik, a medical procedure that’s not covered by health insurance. And has gotten better—and cheaper—over time.

“How to Fix Health Care” proposes three simple reforms that will put us on a path to a health-care system that’s better, more affordable, and more accessible. And get this—these market-based reforms can be implemented without creating new government programs or raising taxes.

Approximately 8.30 minutes. Produced by Paul Feine and Meredith Bragg. Hosted by Nick Gillespie.

For downloadable versions of this and other videos, go to http://reason.tv

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At least 7% of each dollar spent on healthcare in the US is towards administrative costs; work that can be outsourced

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MC Howie weighs in on the health care debate with Nurse Linny.

Lyrics:

CHORUS
Health care reform why the is it taking so long?
Health care reform I know its important, but its so boring
Health care reform howd our country get it so wrong in the first place?
Health care reform but I like that show House with that actor Hugh Loring

We spend more on health care than any other nation
But you know how low were ranked by the World Health Organization?
Were at number 37 are you serious – its true
Even coke snorting Colombia is number 22!

But the cost of our health care is as high as it gets
Youre better off buying a cat and getting meds from a vet
When you go to the doctor, you pay so much for so little
Its like ordering a steak but getting served Tender Vittles

For a laugh, I put on the Fox News Channel
Sarah Palins still talking bout death panels
Now shes a health care expert in her low cut blouse
Cause she can see a hospital from right outside her house

CHORUS
Health care reform why the is it taking so long?
Health care reform I know its important, but its so boring
Health care reform howd our country get it so wrong in the first place?
Health care reform I couldnt film outside yesterday cause it was pouring

When you start a job, you gotta choose a health plan
All these choices and their acronyms are crazy man
You got HMO, PPO, HDHP
How the am I supposed to know which one is right for me?

And at the start of the year I gotta choose the amount

I wanna put in my flexible spending account
Will someone please tell me how Im supposed to predict
How much my plans not gonna cover when I get sick?

Deductibles, co-pays, and premia
I just need help with my hypoglycemia
And if all that aint enough to make ya go mental
You gotta pick another plan for your dental!

CHORUS
Health care reform why the is it taking so long?
Health care reform I know its important, but its so boring
Health care reform howd our country get it so wrong in the first place?
Health care reform I really hate that hospital linoleum flooring

All this partisan crap, just wastes so much time
Holding up the process for the party line
How can they be expected, to be respected
When all they care about is getting re-elected

All I care about is that Im protected
If with the H1N1 I get infected
Dont want my claim to be rejected
If the wrong health plan I done selected

Public option, public option
All Im hearing about is this public option
Will it make things better, or will it have glitches?
I dunno, but make a choice, and make some new law, bitches!

CHORUS
Health care reform why the is it taking so long?
Health care reform I know its important, but its so boring
Health care reform howd our country get it so wrong in the first place?
Health care reform sleep in the other room if you dont like my snoring

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Follow us at: twitter.com/verumserum. The Democrats have been promoting a public healthcare plan “option” as being all about consumer “choice” and market “competition”. But is this really the case?

Duration : 0:2:58

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The 2010 healthcare summit already has a winner. And they’re so psyched.

The Partisans
From Andy Cobb And The Second City

©2010 Second City Inc./Andy Cobb. All Rights Reserved.

For more video by Andy Cobb: http://www.youtube.com/user/AndyCobbonutube

While I like to imagine that CSPAN is run by a bunch of trash talking adrenaline junkies who talk smack about CSPAN2 when they don’t land a key gig, it’s probably not literally true. So we made their promo for them.

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/16/The_Future_of_Health_Care_The_Candidates_Plans

Daniel Kessler and E. Richard Brown, Health Advisors to the John McCain and Barack Obama Presidential campaigns, respectively, discuss why neither candidate supports a single-payer insurance system for the United States.

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Health care is a major issue in the current presidential campaign. Candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have laid out very different visions, and each believes his plan is best for our nation’s citizenry.

Come learn about each plan from the top policy advisors of each candidate, and take the opportunity to ask your own questions and get answers – The Commonwealth Club of California

Daniel Kessler is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. In addition to his Hoover appointment, he is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where he teaches courses on economics, public policy, and the health care industry. Among his recent publications are, with Mark McClellan, The Effect of Hospital Ownership on Medical Productivity, forthcoming in the RAND Journal of Economics, and Designing Hospital Antitrust Policy to Promote Social Welfare, which appeared in Frontiers in Health Policy Research. He is the holder of a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Dr. E. Richard Brown is a professor at the UCLA School of Public Health and the founder and director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. He received his PhD in sociology of education from the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Brown has studied and written extensively about a broad range of issues and policies that affect the access of disadvantaged populations to health care. His recent research focuses on health insurance coverage, the lack of coverage, and the effects of public policies, managed care, and market conditions on access to health services, particularly for disadvantaged populations, ethnic minorities, and immigrants. Dr. Brown and the Center’s studies of health insurance coverage, uninsurance, and eligibility for public programs have been used by California’s governors, legislators, and advocates in crafting health insurance legislation and programs.

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President Obama calls for the House and Senate to vote on health care reform and says he will do everything in his power to make the case for reform. March 3, 2010.

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President Obama visits Glenside, Pennsylvania today promoting his health care plan and points out that most people in DC are more worried about the political score instead of results.

Duration : 0:55:46

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I’m a former Obama supporter. I’m just totally fed up with reversal after reversal and lie after lie from President Obama on health care.

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