With the election of Brown from Mass the super majority is dead and with that so is health reform…..may I suggest a direction for the Dems to try….one the whole “Big Bang” approach just plain sucked!
You guys are making this whole health thing more complicated than it has to be…just keep in mind K.I.S.S.!
That bazillion page health reform bill…scrape it!….absolutely NO one knows what is in the damn thing…..it is so large that it only aids the opposition in their track down the misinformation highway….throw the damn thing in the trash and try again…..
I have an idea….put together a bill that contains a reversal of the anti-trust exemption for the insurance companies, insert a provision for a national exchange so that insurance can be bought like car insurance and finally, eliminate the pre-existing condition thing……send this to the Congress and wait…..
Let the opposition take shots at it all they want and then go before the people and say that the Repubs are fighting against people having choice, want insurance companies to keep their antitrust exemption and that people are not important…..
Then go back to the Hill and dare Repubs to vote against it……..their political future would be bleak if they do…..it would be hard for them to justify why they are against the bill to the voter….now you have them by the short hairs!
All bills are a political chess game….it helps if the players know the moves……unfortunately, just being in opposition is not a good move……maybe then the Repubs would offer alternatives other than tort reform….
Simplest answers are usually the best answers…..what could it hurt?
Yes. I agree entirely. If ALL insurance companies can compete and therefore anyone can look for health insurance across America and if there is an absolute ban on even asking questions or including clauses in policies regarding “pre existing conditions” costs may go up at first, but the much wider and tougher competition will quickly reverse that.
I also agree 100% that simpler laws are ALWAYS the best. As long as there is an efficient, accessible and incorruptible appeals system available to all, there is NO reason whatsoever why legislation shouldn’t be simple and then “interpreted” locally by honourable human beings – there must be some of those somewhere – find them and appoint them!
Good post!
Thanx Quin….but I have a problem with the “honorable humans”…..the more I look the fewer there are…
Good points!
Thanx for the visit….I think it would be a way to get at least a small amount of reform and could possibly shame the Repubs into either voted for the steps or at least keep the BS down to a minimum….