Remember Two Things
Dr. Howard Dean, speaking at Netroots Nation today, made two very key points about the health care debate. While this is certainly a complex issue, there are certain aspects of it that are simple and can turn the entire issue.
1) "Are we going to allow the American people to choose for themselves? This is not a debate about whether the single-payer is better than the public option or is better than the private health insurance system. Are we going to give the American people a full range of choice? Do they deserve that? Or shall we do that ourselves, us politicians, bureaucrats and insurance companies?... Do the American people get to choose? Or do the people in Washington choose for you?"
2) [To the Congressmen, particularly the Dems on the fence on the reform issue:] "Whose side are you on? The American people have spoken. They want the choice. Are you with the insurance companies who want your money? Or, are you with the people who pay your salary and sent you there?"
These two things, if seriously considered, would set aside much of the bickering that is obfuscating the issues today. Some say that a public option would be so popular that it would drive the insurance companies into obscurity. Well, if that is the case, isn't that a choice that we are free to make? If we decide that our needs are better met through a co-op, or even a single-payer system, shouldn't that be our choice to make?
And, if we want that choice, why would a Congressman stand in our way?
1) "Are we going to allow the American people to choose for themselves? This is not a debate about whether the single-payer is better than the public option or is better than the private health insurance system. Are we going to give the American people a full range of choice? Do they deserve that? Or shall we do that ourselves, us politicians, bureaucrats and insurance companies?... Do the American people get to choose? Or do the people in Washington choose for you?"
2) [To the Congressmen, particularly the Dems on the fence on the reform issue:] "Whose side are you on? The American people have spoken. They want the choice. Are you with the insurance companies who want your money? Or, are you with the people who pay your salary and sent you there?"
These two things, if seriously considered, would set aside much of the bickering that is obfuscating the issues today. Some say that a public option would be so popular that it would drive the insurance companies into obscurity. Well, if that is the case, isn't that a choice that we are free to make? If we decide that our needs are better met through a co-op, or even a single-payer system, shouldn't that be our choice to make?
And, if we want that choice, why would a Congressman stand in our way?
posted by Mike at 1:27 PM
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