October 21, 2009
Medicare: Rated “E” for Everyone!
The public option part deux means rebranding it as Medicare Part E like it’s an effing video game rating:
Say hello to “Medicare Part E” — as in, “Medicare for Everyone.”
House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option.
The strategy could benefit Democrats struggling to bridge the gap between liberals in their party, who want the public option, and centrists, who are worried it would drive private insurers out of business.
While much of the public is foggy on what a public option actually is, people understand Medicare. It also would place the new public option within the rubric of a familiar system rather than something new and unknown.
The idea has bubbled up among House Democrats and leaders in the past week, most prominently in a caucus meeting last Thursday.
First of all, people understand Medicare? Really? I don’t think they do, unless they have some personal stake in it that requires them to understand it. But, yes, it is a recognizable program that the majority of Americans have heard of. Having knowledge that something exists is not the same thing as understanding it, but I’m getting away from the point.
Medicare is a broken system that we simply can’t afford. In fact, it is a prime example of why we shouldn’t be creating another entitlement for the American public through the “public option.” People don’t have a right to health care or health care insurance. And, our elected officials don’t have the constitutional authority or right to steal from me to give this entitlement to you. Case closed.
Washington must really think that the rest of us are all morons. I suggest you call your elected representative and let them know you’re not. A public option, called by any other name, is still a public option. And, sliding it into an already existing entitlement program that is going broke is probably not the best of ideas. But, what do we expect? When is the last time we heard a good idea come out of Washington?
For now, I’ll let my girl Fausta take it away.
(H/T: Memeorandum)
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