Digging the “public option”
August 18, 2009Jon Brooks Comments OffA search on “public option” on Digg reveals the most popular link to be this cartoon from Mike Stanfill’s The Far Left Side:
This single panel has generated over 1,000 comments. Here’s an interesting little side discussion on Medicare:
Comment:
-Medicare works. Lower the eligibility so more people can use it. Taking something that works, making it better, and expanding it to serve more people is simple.Replies:
-Medicare works? It’s going to be bankrupt in 10 years – even worse than Social Security.-The CBO has already put Social Security as insolvent by 2017 and I’m sure Medicare will follow the same route since more older folk will be using it. That means either looking toward market reforms or cutting benefits.
-Nobody is claiming that Medicare is free or properly financed. Just that it works.
-Many of the doctors I see don’t take Medicare. Here’s a hint: It’s not because it’s awesome.
