Dear Friends & Colleagues,
I have posted an op-ed titled “Obamacare With a Public Option: Fool Me Twice Shame on Me”.
It addresses an important policy issue that deserves discussion & I hope you will share it with others.
Sincerely,
Tom Palley
Thomas Palley
Tel: 202-667-5518
Obamacare With a Public Option: Fool Me Twice Shame on Me
By Thomas Palley
There is an old saying “Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.” That saying is relevant for the current healthcare debate in which former Vice-President Biden and elite Democrats are touting a reheated version of Obamacare with a public option. It is a case of trying to fool the American public twice.
Adding an Obamacare public option will not solve the healthcare problem. Worse yet, it misses an historic opportunity to heal the festering wound of healthcare via a single-payer system as proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders.