Herban Sprawl

12 October 2009

Happy Birthday, Mopstick!

The insurance industry has its collective knickers in a knot over the health care overhaul. That, my friends, is a sign that we are on the right track. We will absolutely need a public option with none of this so-called co-op nonsense. The Congress needs to quit dicking around and get down to brass tacks.

If they are too beholden to the insurance industry, well, there is a solution. It’s called strength in numbers. If every single one of them who has taken so much as 5 cents from any insurance or pharmaceutical entity will ignore their lobbyists and DO THE RIGHT THING, this plan can get hammered out. It didn’t take this damn long for Medicare to happen, and this isn’t that complicated. If it’s too hard for them, I know a couple of retired schoolteachers who are as fair as they come. I’m sure they could do the job…