Replacing the government-lite public option with more Medicare, the most socialized element of our medical system, would be a fitting climax to what has been a certifiably insane debate over Washington’s proper role in health care. Conservatives who’ve been hyperventilating over Democratic proposals to trim some of the waste in Medicare can’t suddenly hiss the “s” word at the program they’ve demanded not be touched.
Or maybe they can. Consistency has not been their strong suit…
Could the fight over health care end as a comic opera with most everyone happy?
Insurance company stocks immediately rose on the news that the Senate may have found an alternative to the public option. The private insurers clearly believe that the public option would have succeeded in forcing them to curb their premiums. (And we can thus assume it would have saved money for taxpayers and employers.)
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