"Equal laws protecting equal rights – the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country." –James Madison
The following is brought to you by the honorable (?) Senator from Illinois, Roland Burris:
It was the night before Christmas, and all through the Senate
the right held up our health care bill, no matter what was in it.The people had voted a mandated reform
but Republicans blew off the gathering storm. Read the rest of this entry »
He is back. After a few years on the bench (the bench being a relative term in politics, chair of the DNC is a pretty cushy bench), Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont and 2004 candidate for the Democratic Primary, has made a grand reappearance in the political lime light this week by taking on the Senate’s health care bill — from the left. You may remember Dean from his little scream at a 2004 campaign stop in Iowa, here is the YouTube clip of it.
With the healthcare debate raging I thought I would address the fundamental flaw that I see in the right’s approach to reform. The argument is that choice will solve all of our problems. If consumers just have the choice of what procedure or medicine to get or what doctor to see, then all will be fixed. For the consumer choice model to bring down costs and ensure quality, healthcare has to be a market commodity.
