Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
I don't understand this line of reasoning. At its most radical, the Dem proposal would put maybe five million people into a government sponsored insurance exchange. The much-dreaded "public option." And yet somehow this means we're going to become like Great Britain, where every medical professional is an employee of the state, where a truly socialist system of healthcare is entrenched?

I don't mean to say slippery slope, but man, that is a very friction-free incline you're standing on. The proposals, as they stand, are disappointingly modest, especially if we want to carve real cost efficiencies from the half-rabbit half-antelope system we currently have.

I really, truly wish the Repubs had been more involved in crafting the bill, rather than screaming "Socialism!" from the gallery. If both parties would just work together in good faith ... ah, who am I kidding?
Have the parties ever worked together in good faith? I always thought it was quid pro quo, which the Republicans could have done; they were practically getting handed the ball for shaping HCR, when the Dems didn't really need to, and they failed miserably. What happened to the days when the Republicans would have jumped all over the opportunity to make themselves look coherent?