It looks as if the health insurance industry sees universal health coverage on its way and is getting on board (so that it's not thrown overboard). According to the New Republic, the industry has offered to cover everyone without discriminating based on pre-existing conditions and at one rate, rather than increasing rates as we age or get sick.
Well, it's about time. Change is on the way. The appointment of Tom Daschle as Secretary of Health and Human Services, as well as 'health czar', also points to the fact that health care reform will be a top item in Obama's first administration.
The United States is so far behind the rest of the industrialized world in providing enlightened health care. Thank God, that may be about to end.
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