Sunday, May 04, 2008
A proposal for the Old Fart
The Des Moines Register points up the most dangerous failing of the Old Fart's alleged health care plan, the elimination of an employer-based system of insurance to one where individuals and families purchase insurance on their own. The writers put forth an interesting proposal of their own.
Let him and other members of Congress ditch their employer-based insurance and go shopping on the open market. Rather than relying on the huge bargaining power of the federal government, let them negotiate cheaper and better health plans on their own.And perhaps pigs really do fly when we aren't looking. In reality, he would still be covered under Cindy's corporate executive health care plan. There is just no way that the Old Fart would ever have to pay a doctor himself.
The senator is 71. He's had his share of health problems, including melanoma. Perhaps private-sector health insurers will line up to offer him an affordable plan that doesn't exclude coverage for his pre-existing conditions.
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