Flashback: Donald Berwick “We Must Redistribute Wealth”

By Guest Column Joe Schoffstall —— Bio and Archives July 7, 2010

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Today, President Obama officially made Donald Berwick his recess appointment to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

In a 2008 while speaking on the British health care system in the UK, Berwick said wealthy individuals must redistribute their wealth to those less fortunate for health care funding. Also during this speech, he told those in attendance that he opposes free markets. “Any health care funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional.”

Joe Schoffstall is a Contributing Editor at EyeBlast.tv, a division of the Media Research Center. Joe can be reached at: jvschoffstall@gmail.com