Today the New York Times reported that Obama is ready to drop the public
option in order to gain Republican support for health care reform:
"The White House, facing increasing skepticism over President Obama’s
call for a public insurance plan to compete with the private sector,
signaled Sunday that it was willing to compromise and would consider a
proposal for a nonprofit health cooperative being developed in the Senate.
"The 'public option,' a new government insurance program akin to
Medicare, has been a central component of Mr. Obama’s agenda for
overhauling the health care system, but it has also emerged as a
flashpoint for anger and opposition. Kathleen Sebelius, the health and
human services secretary, said the public option was 'not the essential
element' for reform and raised the idea of the co-op during an interview
on CNN."
For those who have learned how to read the bourgeois press, there is a
phrase that sticks out like a sore thumb: the public option has “emerged
as a flashpoint for anger and opposition”. Now when you read about
opposition, the first thing that springs to mind is public opinion
polls. For example, if the New York Times reported that there was
widespread opposition for charging admission to Central Park, I wouldn’t
need to check any poll numbers. I would assume that this was a fact.
read full article:
http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/public-option-and-cooperatives/
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