It may be my imagination, but i think our campaign is working. Numerous sources are saying the White House is backing off the public option. And if what we've seen in Louisiana is any indication of the rest of the nation, the people are grateful. Now that the spotlight seems to be fading from the national schism over the public option, it's time to get down to work.
The tenants of health reform, as stated by the POTUS are simple and straightforward: budget neutrality; bending the overall cost curve downward; and making access more available, affordable, and unbiased. Seeing as the public option fails to meet the first two of these benchmarks, it's understandable that they're moving away from it.
A good place to start would be reforming the existent federal programs so they run effectively. We're already spending more on them than we supposed to, yet practitioners and institutions aren't getting reimbursed for services they provide. This pushes up the cost of everyone's premiums and medical bill. We need to find the waste and eliminate it. Throwing more money at it or adding another bureaucracy obviously isn't the answer.
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