Health Care Reform thread

[rjs246]

Krugman weighs in.

To summarize, Krugman suggests that the House just accept the Senate bill, bypassing the need for reconcilliation and a revote on the bill. The Senate Bill is decidedly more conservative than the House bill, which is why Pelosi is puffing up her feathers and jerking her cock and swearing up and down that the House Democrats won't vote for it. She's more interested in cowtowing to unions and inflating her own political influence than she is achieving reform.

My opinion:
There are two options. One, vote in the Senate bill, which is good, not great, but definitely better than nothing and definitely more conservative. Or, two, start from scratch and craft a bi-partisan bill which may not actually work given the obstructionist wall on the Right.

If Republicans had shown any inclination to work with the Dems on this, I would be be much more in favor of the second option. Since all they have done is huddle up and scream 'No' to everything, I think the first option is the only reasonable one. Plus it would deflate Pelosi and that would be farging outstanding.

[rjs246]

Obama is making things worse on the Health Care front.

He's been losing the war to get the right message out on health care reform for months. Now his ambivilence is making progress less likely. Big misstep.