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[primroseburrows]

So I'm up early with the Cough O'Doom, drinking coffee and watching a recording of yesterday's (US) Health & Human Services budget meeting on CSPAN, like you do.

And they're talking about how to battle next year's flu season, Tom Harkin^* suggests, hey, make the flu vaccine available free, nationwide, and then he talks about how yeah, it'll cost a bunch of money upfront, but that it would save a bunch of money when people start not getting sick and missing work and being hospitalized and dying because of the flu.

And so I'm thinking, woah. Government-funded healthcare with an emphasis on prevention that will end up saving money. What a fracking concept.





^*Totally not dissing Tom Harkin here. I'm thinking he'd agree with me.

Comments

[goseaward.livejournal.com]

Yay, Tom Harkin! :D (The only Democratic senator from Iowa that I can remember...)

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I don't know that much about him, but IIRC he has a good voting record on stuff like this.

[jesse_the_k]

He was the primary force "inside" force for the Americans with Disabilities Act. OTOH, since he's from Iowa, he's supported lots of corporate welfare for mega-agriculture.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

So he gets a point on either side. And, he's a supporter of healthcare reform.