After All the Fuss, Public Health Plan Covers Few

[cornermouse]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=8967182

What's all the fuss about? After all the noise over Democrats' push for a government insurance plan to compete with private carriers, coverage numbers are finally in: Two percent...

...The underwhelming statistic is raising questions about whether the government plan will be the iron-fisted competitor that private insurers warn will shut them down or a niche operator that becomes a haven for patients with health insurance horror stories.

Some experts are wondering if lawmakers have wasted too much time arguing about the public plan, giving short shrift to basics such as ensuring that new coverage will be affordable.

[Skittles]

1. scam

[cornermouse]

8. Yep.

[bobburgster]

2. You had to realize....

that the art of "compromise" in Washington entails butchering to the point of near uselessness.

[sandnsea]

3. Sunday already?

:yawn:

[SPedigrees]

4. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6897965

[cornermouse]

7. Sorry.

I did look but at 1 or 2 in the morning, my brain doesn't work to well for some strange reason. Probably has something to do with insomnia and a puppy that can't wait till daylight to do his doggie duty.

[ProleNoMore]

5. Remember - It Is Change We Can Believe In!

eom

[tblue]

6. And we had to practically spill blood to get that.

Sad, isnt it? I guess the best we can hope for is that this public option becomes a foot in the door for greater reform in years to come. That's about the best spin I can put on it.

[Greyhound]

9. Progressives to the Americans that voted for change,

We told you so.