Reply #83: On the health care issue

[kristopher]

There are 2 problems with Hillary's plan. 1st is that the mandate has been shown to be an incendiary approach to solving the problem. It is the type of program that plays into the right wing stoked phobia of "big government" held by many "independents" and all of the wingnuts. I believe this point alone would cost her the election - here is the meme: "Hillary is going to put you in jail if you don't buy insurance."

I know it is a false assertion for them to make, but if you follow the right wing blogs you know that false arguments neither stop them nor render their attacks ineffective. It is close enough that refuting it requires a long convoluted explanation that is always spectacularly successful at failing to get them to listen.

The 2nd reason flows from the first: There will ba NO political support for her suggestion. It will not only fail to be adopted, it will send the legislators running for cover so deep that the entire effort will be derailed.

That is fair criticism based on objective analysis. If you don't believe me take the topic to the forum of your local paper, start a conversation and watch the balance of the reactions. It's a hundred foot tall antenna in a raging thunderstorm.

Edited to correct typo