Those of us who favor real health care reform need to have a back up plan should the Senate Finance Committee version of health care reform continue to progress. In my view the principal cause of the loss of momentum is two-fold. First, the President and Congress' insistence that universal health care reform can be paid for by taxing millionaires. The American people do not believe in something for nothing and view Democratic promises as unrealistic, causing them to discount the promised benefits of heath care reform. (Who would have thought it possible for the Republicans to sound credible after the last eight years.) Second, the discussion of controlling Medicare costs as a part of health care reform has given seniors the false idea that their benefits are being cut to pay for health care reform.
There is a solution ...