Want to know how many people in the U.S. don’t have health insurance? The population of our 44 largest cities – combined. Can you see, now, how health care becomes a critical national security issue? We’re talking the population of the top 45 cities in the United States, all who can’t get health care. Imagine (worst case scenario) that all those cities shut down. America, as a civilization, would come to a screaming halt.
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Every American is being held hostage by the largest special-interest group in the history of the world. These articles tell the story of how we got into this mess and will help you understand the mind-boggling magnitude of the problem. It’s a life and death battle for the health and welfare of each of us. And guess what? We’re not winning.
It is almost impossible to discuss jobs without discussing health care. It wasn’t always that way. In fact, before about 1920, the concept of health insurance didn’t really exist. While there were hospitals and medical practitioners, the sort of heroic, life-saving health care our doctors now routinely practice barely existed.
Sometimes, seeing the future requires a certain suspension of disbelief. In this case, a popular video game might provide important lessons about how to respond to a pandemic — and what might go wrong.
Yesterday’s article, AIG needs to be taught who’s boss resulted in a flurry of reader comments. One, by reader Val Beakley caught my eye.
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DAVID GEWIRTZ is a CNN contributor and editor-in-chief of the ZATZ magazines. He is a recipient of the Sigma Xi Research Award in Engineering and was a candidate for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Letters. David serves as USSPI's executive director.
