Calitics: Interesting Finds on Health Care in the LA Times Poll
Extending Medicare to cover all Americans, creating a government-run system: 53% yes, 36% no
It's not public opinion that is the main obstacle - it is the vast wealth of the insurance industry, which has made both Congress and the White House reluctant to take on more fundamental and more useful reforms.
That decision can be defended. But let's be clear about what drove DC Democrats' decisions on this. It wasn't public opinion. And the world will live as one
To call either him as an individual or The Democrats as a singular entity a sell out, to make accusations that the industry wants this bill, that it's a bailout, that they're all engaging in kabuki and serving their 'masters' is really destructive, imo, as well as being generally stupid.
What good does it do? How does it help us reach our goals?
I think, given the political environment in general and the makeup of the current congress in particular, the bill is a really great start that will help millions. How are we going to build on that if we keep tearing down those who've helped make it happen? Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes
abolishing the private health insurance industry
This is an AHIP fallacy repeated to undermine popular support for public financed insurance as described in H.R. 676. That bill does not compell enrollment in the public plan; nonetheless everyone is eligible to apply for coverage. The bill does not compell persons to terminate private insurance coverage, nor does it prohibit persons from purchasing private insurance. H.R. 676 does prohibit beneficiaries duplication of coverages as do all commercial insurers; all policies contain a coordination of benefits provision to prevent over-insurance i.e. duplicate payments of claims. Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
