Reply #163: Saltpoint you are wrong in dismissing Nader on this one.

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Obama should have had a clearer idea about what reform he wanted. He should have had a proposal ready complete with cost predictions and specifics. Instead he has just turned Congress with all its greed and special interests loose without much direction.

The cheapest and best alternative is the single payer option. H.R. 676. Obama should just come out and say so. Has anyone ever done the cost analysis on H.R. 676? I would like to see it if there is one. Let everyone argue for keeping your current plan and the public option. Get the costs on that alternative. Then come out with an honest cost analysis on H.R. 676. Voters will want H.R. 676 and the option to buy extra private insurance if they choose to.

I will bet that H.R. 676 is by far the cheapest alternative. But where are the numbers. Surely someone has them.

The numbers would put an end to the arguments once and for all, I strongly suspect.