Care Debate

Today, everyone seems concerned about their health. My grandfather likes to quote Norman Cousins who said, “Most people think they are going to live forever until they develop a cold, when they think they are going to die within the hour.” That’s me! We certainly seem to be more health conscious than ever before in history, due in part to the Internet and 24-7 health news. (Killer mosquitos, hospital superbugs and disease-resistant antibiotics make me long for a bubble.) These days especially, health care has become a political football. Will ObamaCare save us? I have no idea.
To start an “intergenerational conversation,” according to the purpose of our blog—and for my grandfather to take me seriously—I needed a quick download about the crisis. Here’s what I found in a nutshell: