Health Care Reform

I've invited my friend Aaron Bonham to be a guest author on my blog to discuss health care reform. Aaron is a Canadian living in the United States and I think that we all deserve to hear a perspective of health care in Canada that isn't from the TV news or some crazy person who barely knows where Canada is on a map. We've have heard horror stories about the Canadian health care system over and over, but I honestly don't really believe that is the norm. So, I've invited him to discuss his experiences with the Canadian health care system and other thoughts on reform in this country. I really respect his opinion and he's done a lot of research on this topic. I hope you enjoy reading his blogs!

By the way, here are a few more links to NPR stories that I've heard and think that others should hear!

This is an interview with a former insurance executive who discusses the insurance industry's PR efforts to derail reforms efforts (both in the early nineties and now).
http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyID=111786686

Here's some humor from Brian Unger, a satirist. He's funny.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111736487&ps=cprs

Oh, I knew I liked Teddy Roosevelt and not just because he cared about the environment. Here is a story about the history of the universal health insurance debate in this country.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111089777

How much do insurance companies make? Compare the way insurance companies calculate and report versus how economists calculate and report.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111494182