I don't pretend to understand all the math of the Max Baucus health care draft…but jeez. So far, all the movers 'n' shakers in this debate who strike me as really caring about fixing the problem loathe it. It would help some folks but not all and its monetary projections are utterly unrealistic and some people would be a lot worse off and the only thing it would seem to have going for it is that some Republicans could get behind it, but of course the only one who will is Olympia Snowe and even she's not guaranteed. Most of all, it seems to come from that mindset that the only way to fix health care in this country is to make sure the insurance companies make even more money off a good system than they do off a bad one.
I have nothing against corporate profits. The heart of this nation's economy depends on businesses being able to amass moola. But when human lives are concerned, couldn't that be close to an equal consideration? It doesn't even have to be more vital than making sure some corporations have their best year ever. Couldn't it just be, you know, almost as important?