Also, Mark Steyn did his usual inimitable job dissecting the proposed health plan and shredded it in his article in National Review.
The Minyanville article was inarguably short of facts and the constant comparisons to the European, British or Canadian models are, like all comparisons, odious.
50 million uninsured? Really? Do you have the percentages that make up that number? How about 20% of the 50 million being illegal aliens? How about another 20% being in the upper 10% of income earners in the US who are intentionally “opting out” of insurance and choosing to pay their own way? How about another 20% in “transition” between jobs and insurance programs at any given time? Yet another 20% in their early 20s who are either single and childless or married and childless and have not chosen to participate in insured healthcare yet?
There is no doubt that reform is needed, however, not the way it’s being offered now. Look no further than the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) for an objective look at the “real” costs of the program(s) and then make a decision based on facts.
