Baucus’ bill will not pass muster for the ‘Progressives’ in the Democrat party. They want healthcare to be a big giveaway for certain groups of people, namely the ‘reparations’ crowd. Obama does too, but just pays lip service to terms like ‘deficit neutral’ and ‘keep your own doctor.’
Baucus’ idea may be to throw a monkey wrench in this idea. I’ve wondered if he isn’t working for our side. If people see that they have to pay, they won’t want to do it. This will never fly.
There are millions of people that are for Universal Healthcare, the rub is that they want someone else to pay for it. That’s why there are even more people against it.
I agree with your analysis.
I’m worried that they will pay for expanded benefits with a huge tax increase on the “rich”. When people work less and revenue projections fall short, they will raise tax rates on the rich even higher and lower the threshold for “rich”.