Reply #12: I like your spirit.......

[Faryn Balyncd]

and I have faith in our president.

We should not disparage those of goodwill.

And pragmatism - a doable outcome - has its place.

But should we not be cautious of corporatist influence, even in the idealistic administration we elected?



It appears to me that Zeke Emanuel is a well meaning person, who deserves respect, and who should not be personally disparaged.

But does not the elimination of public options, as he has been promoting (in the Emanuel/Fuchs Healthcare Access plan), and the mandated purchase of private insurance without a public option, strike you as a corporatist dream?

No less a person than Howard Dean has said that such an elimination of public options is NOT health care reform at all.

I think the great majority of Americans, not just Democrats, agree.

It would seem that the only accurate term for such a "reform" would be the "privatization of Medicare".

And it would seem, that, if this were to be accomplished, it would be a step in the wrong direction that would be most difficult to reverse.

Howard Dean feels strongly enough about this to repeatedly (and unequivocally) state his position, which is diametrically opposite to that of Zeke Emanuel.

What are your thoughts on this?

In advocating faith, do you think that we should not worry about this deliberation?