{"id":11744,"date":"2008-12-16T09:08:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.policymed.com\/2008\/12\/health-care-reform-the-emanuel-way.html"},"modified":"2008-12-16T09:08:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T14:08:44","slug":"health-care-reform-the-emanuel-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.policymed.com\/2008\/12\/health-care-reform-the-emanuel-way.html","title":{"rendered":"Health Care Reform: The Emanuel Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/nihrecord.od.nih.gov\/newsletters\/2007\/09_21_2007\/images\/story2Pic2.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/nihrecord.od.nih.gov\/newsletters\/2007\/09_21_2007\/story2.htm&amp;usg=__F-p39Lpne_Yvj1zC9RkhxZ0GDWA=&amp;h=490&amp;w=340&amp;sz=66&amp;hl=en&amp;start=2&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=jIeqqCUR_QH_PM:&amp;tbnh=130&amp;tbnw=90&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dezekiel%2Bemanuel%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7DMUS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"130\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn2.google.com\/images?q=tbn:jIeqqCUR_QH_PM:http:\/\/nihrecord.od.nih.gov\/newsletters\/2007\/09_21_2007\/images\/story2Pic2.jpg\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid\" width=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;\">If the name <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bioethics.nih.gov\/people\/emanuel-bio.shtml\"><span style=\"COLOR: purple\">Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D<\/span><\/a>. does not mean anything to you, it should. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&#0160;<\/span>He is the brother of Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to President Elect Barak Obama.<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;\">Currently, Dr. Emanuel is the Chairman of the Department of Bioethics at The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&#0160; <\/span>Prior to joining NIH, he was a breast oncologist.<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\">\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51MeUnfzmRL._SL500_.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=https:\/\/www.betterworld.com\/Healthcare-Guaranteed-id-1586486624-c-14001.aspx&amp;usg=__is_CTF95BEClAViLYIZx9FuLopc=&amp;h=500&amp;w=333&amp;sz=42&amp;hl=en&amp;start=9&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=hK6GdhvGmDSAKM:&amp;tbnh=130&amp;tbnw=87&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dezekiel%2Bemanuel%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7DMUS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"130\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn2.google.com\/images?q=tbn:hK6GdhvGmDSAKM:http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51MeUnfzmRL._SL500_.jpg\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; 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<\/span>His plan (Guaranteed Access Plan) is bold and far reaching and would mean changing the entire healthcare system along with adopting a value added tax of at least 10% (national sales tax).<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&#0160; <\/span>This is not to say it is without detractors, but for those interested in a brief lesson on the healthcare debate, the two presentations (Dr. Emanuel and Tom Millers), provide a great starting point and a great debate.<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Calibri\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;\">One interesting point he makes is that supporters of single payer plans imagine the administrator to be:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Arial&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;\"><o:p>&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/imgres?imgurl=http:\/\/postbourgie.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/tedkennedywikipediaimage.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/postbourgie.com\/2008\/08\/26\/digging-in-the-crates-ted-kennedy-on-the-rocks\/&amp;usg=__FODtb1wCg5lC6bNe446rdxBqZBc=&amp;h=1500&amp;w=1454&amp;sz=742&amp;hl=en&amp;start=11&amp;um=1&amp;tbnid=mxQPT8v4ebAnEM:&amp;tbnh=150&amp;tbnw=145&amp;prev=\/images%3Fq%3Dted%2Bkennedy%2Bsmiling%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7DMUS%26sa%3DN\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn3.google.com\/images?q=tbn:mxQPT8v4ebAnEM:http:\/\/postbourgie.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/08\/tedkennedywikipediaimage.jpg\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid\" width=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; 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