...is that you can tell the health plans of the Democratic candidates were bought and paid for by the Pharmaceutical industry.
All about drugging you, not so much about prevention. For example, it's been pretty concretely established that physical exercise is every bit as likely to lift you out of a depression as Paxil or Zoloft. (As Bill Maher put it commenting on the study, "Ask your doctor if getting up off your ass is right for you!")
Real societal health care is about preventative care first and pharmaceutical solutions to perceived problems a distant second.
So far, color me underwhelmed by the proposals the candidates have made.
Every couple of months, a presidential candidate comes up with a new proposal for how they plan to solve the health care crisis -- 46.5 million Americans are uninsured. The 18-34 age group makes up the largest percentage --39 percent -- of the total uninsured. So even if you're currently covered under some kind of student health care plan, that coverage will evaporate the day you graduate. That's why you should care about what the candidates say about health insurance.
The only problem is, health care plans are confusing. One way to get around this is to look at health08.org and look at their side-by-side comparison tool for what each candidate is proposing.
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All about drugging you, not so much about prevention. For example, it's been pretty concretely established that physical exercise is every bit as likely to lift you out of a depression as Paxil or Zoloft. (As Bill Maher put it commenting on the study, "Ask your doctor if getting up off your ass is right for you!")
Real societal health care is about preventative care first and pharmaceutical solutions to perceived problems a distant second.
So far, color me underwhelmed by the proposals the candidates have made.