Chomsky: Health bill sustains the system’s core ills

Despite its flaws, I'd have 'held my nose' to pass reform, renowned intellectual tells Raw Story

chomsky  Chomsky: Health bill sustains the systems core illsHe’s a hero of many progressives, but his enthusiasm for the passage of health care reform legislation this weekend was fairly muted.

In an interview with Raw Story, world-renowned scholar and political critic Noam Chomsky reluctantly called the bill a mildly positive step, but cautioned that it wouldn’t fix the fundamental problems with the nation's troubled system.

"The United States’ health care system is so dysfunctional it has about twice the costs of comparable countries and some of the worst outcomes," Chomsky told Raw Story. "This bill continues with that."

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