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5 Myths on Our Sick Health Care System By Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel Sunday, November 23, 2008; Page B03 With Congress ready to spend $700 billion to prop up the U.S. economy, enacting health-care reform may seem about as likely as the Dow hitting 10,000 again before the end of the year. But it may be more doable than you think, provided we dispel a few myths about how health care works and how much reform Americans are willing to stomach. 1. America has the best health care in the world. 2. Somebody else is paying for your health insurance. 3. We would save a lot if we could cut the administrative waste of private insurance. 4. Health-care reform is going to cost a bundle. 5. Americans aren't ready for a major overhaul of the health-care system. Read the content of each myth here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/20/AR2008112002420.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn