http://www.darkdaily.com/tom_daschle-cost_cuts-713#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed DARK Daily is a concise e-news/management briefing on timely topics in clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology group management. It is a solution to the dilemma facing anyone in the laboratory profession. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.darkdaily.com/tom_daschle-cost_cuts-713/comment-page-1#comment-1846 Jim Rainey Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:24:33 +0000 http://www.darkdaily.com/?p=2626#comment-1846 With all the discussion about reforming healthcare, there has been little or no discussion about placing all federal, state and elected officials under a gov't run program that is being discussed for the rest of us in this country. I would think if all federal employes and elected officials and all state employees would be required to participate in the "reform" we would certainly have a much different debate. If nationalizing our health care system is such a wonderful idea and covering all americans with affordable health incurance is the goal, then why is it the taxpayer funded federal employee, state employee and elected official insurance is not discontinued and "ALL" are covered under the same plan? With all the discussion about reforming healthcare, there has been little or no discussion about placing all federal, state and elected officials under a gov’t run program that is being discussed for the rest of us in this country. I would think if all federal employes and elected officials and all state employees would be required to participate in the “reform” we would certainly have a much different debate. If nationalizing our health care system is such a wonderful idea and covering all americans with affordable health incurance is the goal, then why is it the taxpayer funded federal employee, state employee and elected official insurance is not discontinued and “ALL” are covered under the same plan?

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