The changes the administration is proposing to make to health insurance in the United States are more complicated than some alternative plans might be. But honestly they’re not that complicated when broken down in a smart way. This health reform flow chart is great:
Francois' response: problem is, that doesn't tell the whole story. No change to Medicare recipients? That will be a nice trick, $500 billion in cuts with no change to benefits. Don't get me wrong, I think it's possible, but Democrats aren't credible on Medicare savings because they've never tried to save serious money in Medicare before. Again, prove you can fix Medicare before messing around with a public option. Insurance reform, that's a good idea and long overdue. An exchange, also good. But no more government-run plans until they can control costs without damaging care.
Then there's the promise that if you already have insurance through your employer that there will be no change. The CBO says something else entirely. 6 million will lose their insurance.
This is why people believe Republican lies. Because Democrats aren't telling the whole truth.
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