[Peace-discuss] [cchcc-l] Saturday's Health Reform Update & Take Action!

[Ron Szoke]

There is no "Obamacare" bill, only one emerging from the stew of conflicting 
agendas in congress.  I respect the opinion of some of those who oppose it, 
but am not wholly convinced by their rhetoric -- which in some cases consists 
merely of sneers, insults, accusations & prophecies of doom.  

I grant that the bill seems radically flawed & unsatisfactory as it stands, but I 
support its passage in the (possibly unrealistic) hope that it can be changed to 
something more like single-payer in the near future -- perhaps a year or two.  
Either way, one's judgment rests on speculation about what will happen in the 
future.  Those closest to the immediate situation -- CCHCC, CBHC, the nuns, 
etc. -- seem overwhelmingly to support it.  Those who predict that it will 
result in ultimate disaster are faking & bluffing -- standard fare on this list, to 
be sure.  

What disappoints me is the confluence of the glib & the gullible in opposing it, 
& the notable lack of substance in their arguments.  

Ambivalently,

-- Ron

-- 
This message has been scanned for viruses and
dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.