Health Insurance Reform on the Bubble

Thursday’s public summit on Health Care Reform will be carried on C-SPAN and cable television.  Anyone care to bet that the American people will end up the losers?  The Democrats frittered away their chance to give the American people something that’s been missing from the social safety net for generations by playing politics as usual.  And the Republicans seem to think there’s too much political gain in shutting down Obama to even consider the public good.  Is anyone arguing that there doesn’t need to be an end to pre-existing conditions limits in health insurance policies, or that it’s OK for the health insurance companies to terminate coverage when people get sick?  Or that small business, the engine of American jobs, does not need relief from skyrocketing premiums?  Or that government programs like Medicare and Medicaid don’t need to find ways to save money where they can without degrading the quality of care?  The problem seems pretty clear – unfortunately the solution seems to be headed for political oblivion.  Is there still hope?  A big maybe.  And in the end we get the government we deserve.

About cykman

Jon Cykman works in Washington, DC as a consultant, and is long-time student of American Politics. He started out handing out campaign materials for Hubert Humphrey during the campaign of 1968, and later went on to earn a B.A. in Political Science from the State University of New York, College at Purchase in 1978, and an M.A. in Public Affairs from the University of Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs in 1980. Jon retired from Federal Service after 31 years of service, and lives with his family in Catonsville, MD.
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