Posted by
EWRoss on Monday, July 27, 2009 7:00:00 AM
President Obama's criticism of Cambridge police officer Sgt. James Crowley
temporarily eclipsed healthcare reform as the top news story. Next week, as
legislators return home to their states and districts for Congress' August
recess, healthcare reform will be back on top.
Democrats will continue their efforts to convince their
constituents that we need a wholesale replacement of the current system with a
new one run by the federal government. That system, they will argue, will
guarantee healthcare to everyone, pay for itself, and lower costs to American
families. They will play down the tradeoffs--bureaucrats involved in the
relationship between patients and doctors, inefficiency, and rationing.
Republicans will point out the negative aspects of the
Democrats' plan, and they will argue that it will only further swell the
deficits and hasten bankrupting the country. They will point out that the
overwhelming majority of Americans are happy with the healthcare they receive
and the insurance plans that cover them. It's not necessary to swap the current
system for a worse one, only target what needs fixed in the current system.
It should come as no surprise that I side with the
Republicans on healthcare. You don't trade in a Cadillac for a gas-guzzling
Suburban when the Cadillac is cheaper to own and operate and all it needs is a
tune up and a new set of tires.
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