Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Is Obama retreating on the 'Public Option'? by Connie Hair, Human Events



Is Obama Retreating on 'Public Option'?
by Connie Hair, Human Events

There was startling news out of the Obama camp over the weekend as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on a Sunday talk show appeared to back away from the so-called public option being vital to their heath care plan. Sebelius said it was "not the essential element" of Obamacare.

Are they really backing away from the crown jewel of the Democrats' statist plan: government-run heath care?

Not so fast.

The most important part of the Obama administration sales pitch on their "public option" has been to increase competition so price would come down.

That's what they tell us.

Yet if that were really the aim of Democrats, they would break down the barriers that would allow the purchase of heath insurance across state lines, like your car insurance options.

Democrats aren't really interested in thousands of health insurance choices. What they are interested in is control of every health care dollar spent in this country.

Instead of offering tax credits to the poor to purchase their own health insurance and making health insurance tax deductible for workers, Democrats have been demanding a "public option" that facilitates a government takeover of the entire heath care economy.

Watch what Democrats do, not what they say.

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