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Rob Kailey is a working schmuck with no ties or affiliations to any governmental or political organizations, save those of sympathy.
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Mon Apr 13, 2009 at 08:10:31 AM MST
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| I'm curious to see exactly how this plays out, but the noises coming from Maine's Republican Senators are encouraging. Not only does Susan Collins make positive noises about the Obama plan (which is strikingly similar to the Baucus plan), but Olympia Snowe specifically says good things about not just a public health insurance option, but that she also thinks we may need single-payer at some point.
The prospect of a Republican Senator openly supporting single-payer is the sort of thing that keeps insurance executives up at night.
The other piece of good news in all of this is that Snowe appears dedicated toward making sure the plan works. This is key. A bad single-payer system is still a bad system. A bad public health insurance option could be a piece of a bad system. The devil will be in the details on this stuff and having more Senators dedicated to hashing out the details in a way that works is crucial. Having one or two Republican Senators more dedicated to good results than ideological fixes and/or moneygrubbing from industry is also very good news. It is a lot harder for Evan Bayh to be to the right of Susan Collins than it is for him to simply walk alongside her. |
| Matt Singer :: Some Good News Out of Maine on Health Care Reform |
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