Health Care Sails Into a Perfect Storm: Can Obama come to the rescue of healthcare?

Uwe Reinhardt, the James Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Recognized as one of the nations leading authorities on health care economics, Reinhardt has been a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences since 1978. He is a past president of the Association of Health Services Research. From 1986 to 1995 he served as a commissioner on the Physician Payment Review Committee, established in 1986 by Congress to advise it on issues related to the payment of physicians. He is a senior associate of the Judge Institute for Management of Cambridge University, UK, and a trustee of Duke University, and the Duke University Health System. Reinhardt is or was a member of numerous editorial boards, among them the Journal of Health Economics, the Milbank Memorial Quarterly, Health Affairs, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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[babygd3]

I agree with many of you. I have followed Uwe for years and base much of my opinion on what I have learned from him.

We will have universal health care, there is no way that we can compete with Nations that do, we economic will dictate that we get in line and lower costs.

[1000101er]

I'll continue to watch the rest of the video (I'm at 25:44), but so far I'm unimpressed. He's trotted out several of the worst arguments I've ever heard already. He talks about the distribution of household income without any mention of lifetime earnings cycles. He just said that if you give a tax break to a business owner it won't help the economy because they'll just put the money in the bank. But isn't that recapitalizing the financial system? Leading to lower interest and more loans?

[473009723]

The "Perfect Storm" i.e. Tyranny

ALL GOV has bilked American Taxpayers for Obama stated "$500 Billion" -not voted on -applied by Obama over the next 10yrs. Q; what about the last 10yrs?

Every Sick or maligned Citizen Obama parades in front of cameras references a corrupt Gov

Think 4 once Edu, Apply $500B to all the no's, the uninsured, under insured, the inflation ratios ect & you wind up with what? A "Storm" a "Crisis"? Ah F-U elitist swine. SHAY- Not CHE.

Now price in Revolution II.

[TJTele]

We should be hearing this expert on Health Care Economics, Prof. Reinhardt, which is why our Media is ignoring his knowledge and expertise..!

[Aiden057]

The United States needs a single payer health care system -- everyone in, no one left out.

[jo232409]

Man, Uwe is such a badass. I hope he gives another speech on Single Payer.

This guy ought to have a weekly TV show where he teaches the American people about economy and finance.

[rebharath]

excellent speaker