Scott Brown

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Wow.

To the last minute, I never thought he could make it.

I am in two minds about this. On the one hand, I did not want to see Martha Coakley in the US Senate at any price; her part in numerous injustices showed her to be, at the very least, bad at judging and obstinate in sticking to misjudgments, and obstinacy in error (especially murderous error) is the last thing one wants from a powerful elected representative. On the other hand, I simply do not want health reform defeated a third time, even though the barely examined Democratic proposals have "bad news" written all over them. A poor system can be reformed, but a nonexistent one must be. And please, all of my libertarian and conservative friends - we have been over this. You will not convince me of what I know to be wrong.

Comments

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

No health reform is much, much, much better than a bad one.

So far, all the US Congress has proposed is legistlating that everyone needs to buy health care...that really isn't going to improve things over here.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Because I'm happy with the French health system and would wish a variation of it to Americans everyone, I am appalled at the bureaucratic nightmare Democrat legislators (or, more likely, their technocrat aides) cooked up. Extending Medicare and tweaking it would have worked a zillion times better (and the legal text would fit on the back of an envelope, the hallmark of a good law.)

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

The basic problem with the proposed "reform" at this point is that it doesn't establish a system which could be reformed. There is no so-called "public option" on offer anymore; the remaining mess is largely a massive package of concessions to various special interest groups, including the private insurance industry.