Liberals Starting to Freak that the “Public Option” Will be Dropped From ObamaCare
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on Jun 30 2009 Filed under Politics.
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With the growing consensus in the Senate that Health Care Co-ops, which would not be government-run or government funded, are better than the “Public Option,” which is the Socialist part, the Liberals are starting to see the writing on the wall. And they are panicking.
From The Hill.
Liberal activists are concerned that Congress will leave out what they see as the most important element of healthcare reform: a government-backed insurance program.
The so-called public option has dominated the political debate over healthcare reform on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. Though President Obama, House Democrats and many Democratic senators support the proposal, unanimous Republican opposition and resistance from centrist Democrats have got the left worried — and ready to fight.
“Healthcare reform is the No. 1 priority for our members this year and a public option is a non-negotiable part of real healthcare reform,” said Nita Chaudhary, the campaign director at MoveOn.org Political Action.
“I’m very concerned that Congress is missing the boat here,” said Richard Kirsch, national campaign director of Health Care for America Now (HCAN), an umbrella group of labor unions and other liberal organizations.
Hmmm. So MoveOn.org thinks the public option is non-negotiable and the unions are concerned it may be dropped. Those are your first and second clues that the public option would be a disaster for America. So when you hear that the public option doesn’t survive, regardless of the merits of the rest of the bill, you will know we dodged a bullet.
But the nutroots aren’t giving up without a fight. It’s always fun to watch the liberal base attack the liberal politicians for not being liberal enough. Even The One himself has the left worried.
Liberal groups such as MoveOn.org and HCAN have been airing television ads targeting Democratic lawmakers such as Sens. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Mary Landrieu (La.) and Kay Hagan (N.C.), and Rep. Jim Cooper (Tenn.), for their stance on the public option. . . .
Obama has continually defended his proposal for a public option by saying it’s essential to promoting competition among private insurers and driving down healthcare costs, and has rebutted claims that a government-run entity would squeeze private companies out of the market.
But Obama has also said he will not draw “lines in the sand” on any aspect of healthcare reform, leading some to conclude that he would be willing to support a bill without a public option. For liberals, this is anxiety-inducing.
“Do I wish he was more firm about it?” Chaudhary said. “Certainly.”
We have reached the high-water mark for passage of Socialist programs. If they don’t happen this year, with Democratic majorities in Congress and Obama in the White House, it may be another 40 years before America decides to drink this much Kool-Aid.
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