Been a while since I’ve weighed in, for various reasons, but it seems like Pelosi and the Democrat leaders won’t have the votes to get a public option.
As I’ve said before, I don’t mind a public option in the health care bill. If all there was to worry about was a public option, I wouldn’t be so worried. In fact, I would fully support a bill that ONLY had a public “option.” The conservatives are making way too big a deal about the public option.
But the part that concerns me is the part that remains in the bill. Penalizing people for NOT having health insurance? It is in the bill even though a few months ago, Obama said he was against it. Of course there are several other measures that limits the freedom of the public to make choices (or penalizes or taxes them for them), and puts the power in the hands of the government to choose those limits. In other words, if it were just about more or better choices for the citizens, then fine. But there is too much associated with this bill that goes beyond that to control over others, and I just can’t agree with that.
I’ve lived in a country with socialized health care. And the Korean system was great. But it didn’t seek control over people as it provided health care. I’ve seen a system where you can have socialized health care without the communist control, and it was fine.
Peace.