On A Rational Discussion of Health Care Reform
Posted: August 19th, 2009 | Author: Hellchick | Filed under: Rant | No Comments »Fresh Air on NPR is one of my favorite programs, and host Terri Gross has been doing a series of interviews with knowledgeable, intelligent people on all sides of the debate on health care reform and, more specifically, the actual legislation being proposed. One part of the series in particular struck me as one of the most informed, rational, and even-handed discussions of what is actually being discussed and worked on by the legislation: an interview with Jonathan Cohn, author of Sick.
Every media outlet has its bias and NPR is no exception, but if the site goes against your political grain and you can get past that you’ll be rewarded with a broadcast that said more about the proposed health care legislation than all of the town halls combined, and with none of the distasteful and shameful theatrics that townhall attendees and political talking heads on both sides of the spectrum seem bent on engaging in.