Sunday, March 28, 2010

Democrats Pass Health Care Bill. But is this a Reason to Celebrate?

by Fran Karas from Socialist Alternative. The author cuts through the media hype and deceptions regarding the health care bill.
By the end of the process the proposals did not pose much of a threat to the industry. As long as they managed to avoid competition by government-run non-profit alternatives, they were in the clear. But if the insurance industry had embraced any of Obama’s proposals and called off the bitter campaign of resistance, they would have allowed proponents of real change enough room to organize and strike back. The only way to avoid that was to keep the “other side,” i.e. progressive forces, on the defensive by denouncing even the most moderate change. The strategy worked wonderfully.