Bipartisan Disaster Plan
EJ Dionne writes in the Wash Post:
Most Democrats believe that fixing the system will require increased government intervention to guarantee universal coverage and to contain costs. Most Republicans oppose an expansion of government’s role and believe an even more market-oriented system would pave the way to health-care nirvana.
Trying to achieve full bipartisanship by squaring those two views is a recipe for incoherence.
Like putting new tires on a car with a oil-burning, smoking, worn-out engine. Adding isn’t going to fix it.
Health care without a competing form of public option is not reform at all. It’s the same old thing, and postpones the inevitable. How stupid are we?
UPDATE: Ezra Klein in the Wash Post has a better question:
The Question of Bipartisanship
You know who wrote a smart column today? EJ Dionne. Read him. I’d put it a slightly different way, though: How many lives, and how many taxpayer dollars, is Chuck Grassley’s vote worth?
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