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Why is it that a $700 billion government bailout of the banking industry - "socialized banking" - is OK, but socialized, or government-supported medicine is evil? A $700 billion investment in health care would go a long way to solving the financial crisis faced by many when they have no health insurance or inadequate health insurance in the face of a health crisis.
A "banking crisis" prompts the president to talk to the nation, but our chronic health care crisis prompts nothing but lip service from the Republican administration.
Elizabeth Joy, M.D.
Director
Utah Health Research Network
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
