"The Costs of Inaction" paper released by the White House is sort of a retread of arguments you've heard before: Absent reform, health care costs will continue to grow, the ranks of the uninsured will continue to swell, the toll of chronic conditions will continue to worsen, and things will generally be quite crappy. The Center for American Progress's Ben Furnas, however, did a rather better job with this argument a few months ago. His graphs are prettier, too. The HealthReform.gov folks have also released a very nice report on the White House Health Reform Summit. If you weren't there, or missed the instant coverage, it's definitely the best summary available. Also, why is the HealthReform.gov site so ugly? The other sites in the WhiteHouse.gov family are, in general, pretty handsome.
