Bernie Sanders, Malcolm Gladwell, and Universal Healthcare

Bernie Sanders, the newly-elected Socialist Senator from Vermont, was featured in this past Sunday's New York Times magazine. It's a very well-written piece about one of the hardest working men in politics in America. Sanders' focus on dental care reminded me of this very interesting article by Malcolm Gladwell, in which he discusses the myth of "moral hazard" as a reason why to this point universal health care does not exist in the U.S.

Health care promises to be one of the defining issues of the 2008 presidential campaign. However, as evidenced by these two articles in the Washington Post in the last week, this is an issue the American people are talking about and are looking for leadership on right now.