Better "follow the money" and see what's really up with all the time & energy expended on this.
Hypothetically speaking, IF they had actually been serious about their "must-have" public option, wouldn't they have simply changed the age restrictions on medicare - say instead of 65, anyone over the age of 50 could apply --- and surely that would be more that TWO percent of Americans, and why are they trying to re-create the wheel when they could do something EASY like this -- IF that were the goal?
I expect there's alot more to this story. I'm suspicious about what "health care reform" really means.
PASTE THIS ON YOUR BATHROOM MIRROR AND MEMORIZE IT Vladimir Lenin: "Medicine is the keystone of the arch of the socialist state." Once govt gets control of medical care, all the defining, controlling features of socialist govt can be introduced, one by one. E-v-e-r-y-thing we Americans do is related to health.
OHAHA'S DEFACING THE CONSTITUTION Socialized health care is impossible without seizing private medical records----the 4th Amendment prohibits seizure without warrants.
We ain't seen nuttin' yet. Ohaha’s got BIG plans, much much BIGGER PLANS for us. Ohaha told the N/Orleans crowd: "I'm not tired. I'm just getting started."