EstablishedNo Public Health
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Obama administration is making overtures that the public option in the healthcare plan is on the table and up for debate. And that cost restraints are the measure of success.
The problem with that is regardless of the rules in place to control costs (must extend coverage to all) the for-profit health industry has an incentive in opposition to the needs of patients. This must be kept in check though an ongoing cat and mouse game in the legislature. Let this slip and we lose the gains we have made.
Only some form of public option can automatically bring market forces to push quality and price into line.
Read the WSJ article.