I know the week isn’t over, but I doubt this goofy post by Jonathan Chait will have any serious competitors for this week’s trophy. Most of his post is no dumber than the rest of the progressive piffle that has been written about the public option “compromise” cooked up in the Senate—- until he delivers himself of the following prize winner:
The one real landmine here is that the Medicare buy-in provision for people aged 55-65 raises a lot of hackles among medical providers. They could mount a last-minute lobbying campaign to pressure Democrats to abandon this. Indeed, I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see that happen.
Er … Which medical providers does Chait have in mind? The American Medical Association? I think not. That once-august association has long ago settled on its quisling strategy. As long as there is a $250 billion bribe doctor fix in Congress’ final health care legislation, the AMA will go along with pretty much any skulduggery the Dems get up to.
Or is he perhaps referring the American Hospital Association? Nope. Like the AMA, the hospital group has been ostentatiously genuflecting at the altar of “reform” in the hope that it can curry favor with its Beltway masters. Like his AMA counterpart, AHA President Rich Umbdenstock is pursuing a collaboration strategy. Here’s his statement on the egregious House bill:
America’s hospitals commend the House leadership for their commitment to this historic effort to expand coverage. Hospitals want to see coverage for all become a reality.
And Big Pharma has been similarly co-opted. So, it’s difficult to know what “medical providers” Chait is talking about. Maybe he just couldn’t figure out what to write about this new development and decided to recycle part of an an old column from the Hillarycare wars. At any rate, he takes home the blue ribbon for dumbest reform post of the week.
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