Open Left

But isn't a bad bill worse than no bill at all? (0.00 / 0)

Given the history of politics over the past twenty years, missed opportunities to pass good legislation now will make it more difficult, if not impossible, to get it once the bad legislation has proven to be a failure.  Single-payer should have been, and can still be, at the forefront of any health care reform legislation.  For example, instead of a weak public option that is bound to fail, single-payer can be that public option.  Naturally, the opposition is going to fight it tooth and nail - that's why we must do everything we can to get something close to single-payer now, while public support is so strong.  Pass a bad bill, such as the so-called public option that does not cover everyone (I posted links to analyses here), and it'll be the same as if nothing got passed at all, and likely a whole lot worse.

---

by: Michael Kwiatkowski @ Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 12:46:02 PM CDT

[ Parent | ]