Mike Van Winkle
If You Can’t Kill Employer-Based Health Care, Feed it
That seems to be what democrats think. Getting rid of the employer-based health-care system is the one shred of good in the entire debacle. But since they clearly can’t go straight from an employer-system to a government system, it looks like they will bolster the failed employer-based health care system even further. From the Wall Street Journal:
Top Senate Democrats are close to finalizing their health bill and could unveil a measure as soon as early this week that would include stiffer penalties on employers who fail to provide health coverage.
Of course, the cynical part of me says they want to keep the employer-based system around to ensure the entire system remains dysfunctional so they can try again to take it over in a few years.
