Arkansas Business editor Gwen Moritz name-checks the Arkansas Project in this op-ed response to a post from a couple of weeks back by our own Cory Allen Cox.

Cory waded into the health care reform debate by examining the behavior of medical providers in offering care to his dying sister—he argued that that their efforts represent what is best in the existing system. But Moritz says “not so fast,” and suggests that the Cox family’s experience is an argument for greater government intervention in the health care system. She writes:

Yes, I’m talking about another socialistic government program like the most wildly popular ones we already have. Just as Social Security and Medicare have saved hundreds of millions from destitute old age without destroying the fabric of American capitalism, mandatory catastrophic health insurance could save millions of families from overwhelming medical bills without turning the United States into Britain. This country can’t afford for ideology to trump practicality on something as vital as health insurance.

Who will emerge the victor in this epic and wordy confrontation? Compare and contrast.

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Arkansas Business editor Gwen Moritz name-checks the Arkansas Project in this op-ed response to a post from a couple of weeks back by our own Cory Allen Cox.

Cory waded into the health care reform debate by examining the behavior of medical providers in offering care to his dying sister—he argued that that their efforts represent what is best in the existing system. But Moritz says “not so fast,” and suggests that the Cox family’s experience is an argument for greater government intervention in the health care system. She writes:

Yes, I’m talking about another socialistic government program like the most wildly popular ones we already have. Just as Social Security and Medicare have saved hundreds of millions from destitute old age without destroying the fabric of American capitalism, mandatory catastrophic health insurance could save millions of families from overwhelming medical bills without turning the United States into Britain. This country can’t afford for ideology to trump practicality on something as vital as health insurance.

Who will emerge the victor in this epic and wordy confrontation? Compare and contrast.

Post from: The Arkansas Project

Arkansas News Bureau On five separate occasions last year, Van Buren County was declared a federal disaster area.

Arkansas News Bureau On five separate occasions last year, Van Buren County was declared a federal disaster area.

Arkansas News Bureau On five separate occasions last year, Van Buren County was declared a federal disaster area.

Arkansas News Bureau On five separate occasions last year, Van Buren County was declared a federal disaster area.

Arkansas News Bureau On five separate occasions last year, Van Buren County was declared a federal disaster area.

Arkansas News Bureau On five separate occasions last year, Van Buren County was declared a federal disaster area.

Arkansas News Bureau On five separate occasions last year, Van Buren County was declared a federal disaster area.

John Lyon and Rob Moritz of the Arkansas News Bureau have this story on the final two weeks of the session.  I know everyone is ready for us to wrap it up and go home.  So are we.  Here’s…