Civil Litigation,
Health Care & Hospital Law
Nov. 11, 2009
Health Insurance for All Is Not the Answer
The health care reform debate is wrong to focus on providing insurance to all.
Bruce G. Fagel
Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & AssociatesPhone: (310) 516-9035
Email: brucefagel@fagellaw.com
Whittier College School of Law
Bruce G. Fagel is licensed to practice medicine and is founder of the Law Offices of Bruce G. Fagel & Associates. He served as a consultant on medical malpractice law to the California Judicial Counsel Committee, which wrote the new CACI jury instructions. He can be reached at brucefagel@fagellaw.com
The problem with the current health care reform debate is that it is focused on providing health insurance to all Americans, rather than focusing on providing health care. The difference is critical, because health care insurance is unlike any other type of insurance that people or businesses have. The basic premise of all insurance - from auto insurance, to liability insurance, to homeowners insurance, to life insurance, and every other kind of insurance except health insurance, is that p...
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