PULLING THE 'TRIGGER'?
Several months ago, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), arguably the most important lawmaker in the known universe right now, recommended the idea of a "trigger" in health care reform. As she saw it, Congress could create a public Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Markos Moulitsas, Memeorandum, Washington Monthly
If there is a worse proposal out there, I haven't heard it. Health Insurance corporations will never enact the changes needed for true reform. The only "trigger" I would support is one that would create a single payer plan so national health insurance would join Medicare, Medicaid and the VA to assure universal coverage. Even if the Democrats cave on the public option and accept a "trigger" they won't get a single Republican vote except for Snowe.