Lost in all the shrillness of the health care debate is one unmistakable fact: The current system is broken. Too many people have poor access to affordable health care. Even those who have good coverage are being charged a higher percentage of the premium costs. In the meantime, health insurance companies are making very large amounts of money.
President Obama said in a speech this week that we cannot afford the status quo. I agree completely. I have personally lived in that nether world between having health care and being eligible for Medicaid. It is a scary place to be.
In their hatred of all things Obama, conservatives have forgotten that there is a real problem. Or maybe they all have cushy middle class jobs and don't know there are a lot of others who cannot get insurance. A government-run medical insurance would have all the problems of any government-run program, but it might be better than the obscenely profitable system in place now.
Regardless, conservatives need to look beyond the rhetoric and see the need. Relying on an unregulated private sector is not working. So now is the time to come up with a solution. That is, if you are really interested in governing and not posturing.
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