When Mainstream Media Comes Out Against Health Care Bill….
It’s probably time to fold your tent and leave. Or something. Anyway, the Seattle Times today has a fairly sensible editorial calling on Congress to set aside health care reform. I note this because the Times is a fairly liberal paper, but a long way from lefty blogger land where everyone wants the senate bill killed.
“THE health-care dance in Washington, D.C., has gone on long enough. Congress needs to focus on the economy and set health care aside.
“This is a change of position for us. This page supported Barack Obama for president, enthusiastically. We have supported the health-care effort until now. We still support universal coverage as a social goal.
“But the longer the fight goes on, the more it feels that the timing is all wrong. The economy is wounded. Employers are hurting. The time to think about loading employers with new burdens is when they are strong. Not now.”
Health care reform is in big trouble. Simple as that. And I hope Congress is mature enough to not pass a bad, garbled, compromise-laden bill just to pass something and claim political victory. I doubt the American people will buy that.
Keep in mind, I write the above as someone who’s not had health insurance in two and one-half years.
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