500,000,000 bottles of water per WEEK in the USA alone. Yikes!

In the last few days there have been a few decent Q&A’s from the various news outlets to put healthcare reform into practical terms.

Here’s one from CNN today that was particularly good.

Question: Is there anything in the bill about rationing health care?
Answer: No one is using the term “rationing” as part of the bill. But there is a term called comparative effectiveness. And that’s this idea that we figure out what works in medicine and make sure to pay for those things. This also means that there are a lot of things being done right now where there’s not scientific proof that it works and maybe those things won’t get paid any more. Some people call that rationing. Other people say, look, rationing exists under the current system. It’s just that the insurance companies are essentially rationing by denying payment or dropping people off their coverage.