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From Southwestern Vermont Medical Center CMO Blog:
This week I had an interesting conversation with my son. A college senior, he’s considering job options in his field of environmental science. Possibilities include various types of nonprofits, research, and environmental education organizations. As we talked about his ideas, and he does job interviews and gets offers, he is asking about health insurance.
Notably most organizations tell him that’s up to him. So here is the son of a physician executive, successfully launching into the workplace, with the strong prospect of not having health insurance.
As you know, I believe that we need to take a hard look at how health care is managed and funded in this country. The current system is way too complex, saddled with very high administrative costs, delivers care in uneven and illogical patterns, and leaves some 47 million Americans not covered…