(Guest Post by Matthew Ladner)
Democracy and reality are intruding into the thoughts of some Democrats on the health care debate. Finally. Admitting that they have vastly overreached and lost the country on health care will be a bitter pill for the Democrats to swallow, but failing to do so would be far, far, far worse for them, and for the country.
We DO need drastic changes in health care policy, but the focus must be on stopping the out of control health care inflation brought on by our current tax treatment of benefits and Medicaid and Medicare. Lack of coverage is a symptom, healthcare hyperinflation is the disease.
The bill in Congress now would certainly make matters worse than they already have been. If you believe any of this business about deficit neutrality, I’ve got a bridge I’ll sell you cheap in Alaska. I hope Obamacare died last night, but even if so, the Right must not replace it with cricket noises until the next time the Democrats regroup and push for a European style bill. Collectively, the Right has done an entirely inadequate job of raising awareness of what the actual problems are in health care, how federal and state health care policies sponsor and promote those problems, and offering solutions to improve matters.
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“Collectively, the Right has done an entirely inadequate job of raising awareness of what the actual problems are in health care…”
That’s an observation that bears repeating. The Right, and the Republican party, have not led, we’ve reacted. If we don’t seize the initiative all we’ll do is slow the march to the left yet the Right and the Republicans are in “reaction” mode.
I hope the Brown win sparks an understanding of the importance of setting the agenda rather then just responding to it.
How ironic that when a guy named Weiner reverses himself he sounds like a…