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  • There are two articles one must read to understand health care reform.

    How American Health Care Killed My Father by David Goldhill in The Atlantic

    and

    The Cost Conundrum by Atul Gawande in The New Yorker

    These are the two most important articles of the past year on health care. Please take the time to read and digest them…

    It’s an unfixable mess that will only be solved by complete restructuring from the ground up— the top down bureaucracy that satisfies the main players of the entrenched industry will only let you down.

    Stop arguing or even thinking about “reform” and contribute as best you can, as collective individuals, to something totally different and new.

    Now get to readin’…

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