Origins of America's Healthcare Crisis - Jonathan Cohn

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/04/19/Untold_Story_of_America_s_Health_Care_Crisis

Jonathan Cohn, Senior Editor of The New Republic, gives his take on the history of America's health care crisis.

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Jonathan Cohn uncovers "Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis - and the People Who Pay the Price."

In a tiny village tucked into the Catskill mountains, a man whose job stopped providing insurance watches his wife die from cancer. In a booming suburb outside of Austin, a mother fights with an insurance company so that her disabled baby can get the therapy that might someday help him walk. And in the middle of the prairie heartland, a retiree sells his house because it's the only way he can pay for the medications that keep him and his aging wife alive.

To uncover the startling truth about the state of America's health care system, Jonathan Cohn raveled the country, listening to stories of those who are learning the hard way that citizenship in no way guarantees access to medical care. "Sick" is a fascinating, first-hand account of our failing health care system and the consequences that could someday affect us all - Cody's Books

Jonathan Cohn is a senior editor at The New Republic, where he has been since 1997 and served for two years as the executive editor. He writes mainly about domestic politics and policy, with a particular focus on issues related to health care and social welfare.

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[bodryn]

I am married to a Canadian. Before we were married, she broke her leg and her wrist on a Saturday morning. Within a day she was in surgery. She spent a week in the hospital and then about 5 weeks in rehab. Total cost: $165 for a wheelchair rental. Sure there are the rich Tories in Canada that want to go back to the for profit model, but they don't dare. The people won't stand for it!

[casualtiesoftricare]

The first step take care of those on the front line....Health care workers. I have known many nurses who cannot get health care or adequate health care. Like a mechanic who cant drive. TWISTED SYSTEM.

[MrStewart149]

@vince33x Obama '''' left wing ''' you truly are an all american idiot .

[bmfdv]

@vince33x . you're hate mongering is more dangerous to america than any "jew"

[NYCSteveS]

@vince33x Why are you such an asshole?

[vince33x]

The New Republic should be renamed: The Jew Republic. Like NPR [Nazi Pinko Radio], the Jew Republic is dominated by Left-Wing Jews like Jonathan Cohn & William Galston. It's getting so the term Left-Wing Jew is an oxymoron.

Q: Why are Jews so Left-Wing [80% voted for Obama]?

[dorianstark]

united staes is too greedy, thats why we have horrible healthcare. if the big guns were actually NOT GREEDY, WE WOULDNT BE IN THIS MESS.

[ThisAintKyle]

Wow you completely GLOSS OVER the WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS of world war two, which were extremely instrumental in helping spread employer-funded healthcare around the country. CREDIBILITY FAIL.

[MrJasonSmarts]

I feel sorry for the American people... what they do over their is a crime!!

The UK has its faults, but one of the good things about it is its NHS, which allows everyone free medical care, as well as the drugs, and equipment a patient might need like a wheel chair for example.

I hate the US gov!!

[EUROTRASHSPAMMER]

Yes, because health costs started skyrocketing in the early/mid nineties when physicians and hospitals began having to pay for increasingly excessive malpractice premiums.

[residentzombie]

Ah yes lets get the former attorney Obama to hurt his fellow attorneys with limits to their profession. Better chance of Hell freezing over. I agree though that WILL lower the cost that medical providers need to charge to operate a positive cash flow.

[residentzombie]

Health insurance is expensive because of healthcare costs, not the other way around. All insurance does is reflect the fact a Dr. charges $300 per visit and $100,000 per day in the hospital. Why do medical providers charge so much is the question we should be discussing.