America 2020: Health Care Nation

[Marcus Bryant]

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2010/08/america-2020-health-care-nation/61647/

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Bexar tentatively approves higher taxes for health system


"The estimated homeowner impact is based on the county's average home value of nearly $145,000. That homeowner would pay about $400.18 to the county-owned UHS, up from this year's $387.23 — an increase of $12.95."

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/increase_of_38_percent_in_county_hospital_tax_rate _gets_preliminary_approval_100927989.html

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US disease, most of it self-inflicted life-style disease, combined with rip-off costs, fraud, inefficiencies, waste is definitely a major economic driver, money mover, and impoverishing factor for health care consumers.

Just ask our resident health-care parasite, CC.