Because the Democrats are getting ready to ram it down your throats whether you like it or not. And, you won’t.
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday will release a sweeping proposal to overhaul the health-care system that largely reflects President-elect Barack Obama’s vision, increasing the chances for action next year.
There is one important difference between the initiative coming from Montana Democratic Sen. Max Baucus and the plan Mr. Obama laid out during his presidential campaign: Mr. Baucus would require all Americans to have health insurance, while Mr. Obama has rejected the idea of a mandate.
In that respect, the Baucus plan reflects the one put forward by Sen. Hillary Clinton during the Democratic presidential primaries.
Still, Mr. Baucus’s ideas are largely similar to Mr. Obama’s as well, with a range of Democrats coalescing around an approach modeled on a plan now in place in Massachusetts. A key goal: health insurance for 46 million people in the U.S. who are currently without it.
“My door is open and I seek partners with ‘can do’ spirits and open minds,” Mr. Baucus wrote in an introduction to his 89-page plan. “I believe — very strongly — that every American has a right to high-quality health care…and I believe Americans cannot wait any longer.”
Like Mr. Obama, he proposes a national marketplace that he dubs the Health Insurance Exchange, in which individuals and small businesses could buy coverage, with subsidies based on income. Private insurers and a new Medicare-like public program would compete through the exchange to offer coverage.
Oh good, the plan will be modeled after the idiotic plan recently started in Massachusetts. You know, that plan that forces people to buy expensive health insurance that they can’t afford, and is already running way over budget. I can hardly wait to see what these guys come up with. I hope the GOP and the Blue Dog Democrats are ready for a fight because this is going to be total war.
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