Saturday, August 22, 2009
Mr. President: Keep It Simple Stupid, Part II
Michael Tomasky flags Jonathan Alter's post on the left's near obsession with the public option and, ultimately, with the single-payer system. Tomasky summing up his and Alter's (and my) views:
Michael Tomasky flags Jonathan Alter's post on the left's near obsession with the public option and, ultimately, with the single-payer system. Tomasky summing up his and Alter's (and my) views:
The liberal-left hang-up about the public option ... is misguided, because the public option is secondary to the main moral reason to reform American healthcare.Tomasky himself gets bogged down in jargon, pushing for 'nondiscrimination' clauses. The president should just come out and say he wants coverage for every American, i.e. universal health. He shouldn't be emphasizing the means of how to get there. Of course, as I've said before, the far left generally sees the means and end as one and the same -- and that's what is tripping up the president.
