10-05-2010, 03:48 PM
I know we, including me, like to jump on our favorite hobby horses and ride them into every thread we possibly can, but maybe we can hop off for awhile here and look at what could be an interesting nuance to what is going on in this situation.
Facts:
- Health insurance companies are "buying" heavily into getting Republicans as much power in Washington as possible. [Okay, the term buying is not an unbiased term, but I don't think it is wrong.]
- Health insurance companies like mandatory coverage. They would like to have it strengthened.
- Republicans (in general) are campaigning to eliminate many (if not all) of the provisions of the new health care law, with mandatory coverage being pointed out as being particularly onerous.
So how do the Republicans in congress deal with this? Do they do the bidding of the health insurance companies that have given them so much financial support by keeping (and perhaps strengthening) mandatory coverage? Wouldn't that piss off their base? Or do they try to get mandatory coverage eliminated, which would piss off the insurance companies? I don't see how Republicans are going to thread this needle. What do you think?
Facts:
- Health insurance companies are "buying" heavily into getting Republicans as much power in Washington as possible. [Okay, the term buying is not an unbiased term, but I don't think it is wrong.]
- Health insurance companies like mandatory coverage. They would like to have it strengthened.
- Republicans (in general) are campaigning to eliminate many (if not all) of the provisions of the new health care law, with mandatory coverage being pointed out as being particularly onerous.
So how do the Republicans in congress deal with this? Do they do the bidding of the health insurance companies that have given them so much financial support by keeping (and perhaps strengthening) mandatory coverage? Wouldn't that piss off their base? Or do they try to get mandatory coverage eliminated, which would piss off the insurance companies? I don't see how Republicans are going to thread this needle. What do you think?