They say a true compromise is one where neither side is happy… Although as of this writing we’re still waiting on details of the deal that eliminates the public option from the Senate Health Care bill, it seems clear no one will be jumping with joy.
While it would be easy to rant about not getting what we originally hoped for in health reform, we need to remember why this journey is so important… The millions of people who don’t have coverage and so don’t get adequate health care, the tens of thousands forced into bankruptcy by out of control health costs (that most of them thought they had coverage for), and the unknowable (but significant) number that die needlessly every day because of our health care (non) system.
With that in mind, if giving up the public option (for now) means we’ll expand access to health care, then we have to live with it for the sake of those who will not live without the positive changes the compromise will bring.
