Recently I have been getting down as the health care bill seems destined to be rammed through Congress. There are many procedural tricks, the Dems in Congress are many, and the momentum against it is slowing down. So today I get some good news that the insurance companies are finally starting to fight back. Now that the financial details are starting to come out, it is clear nearly anyone in the medical care industry is going to get soaked. It is easy to get in bed with the government if you think you will come out out ahead. However, if your margins are being squeezed and you will be blamed as quality of care comes down then it is a little less appealing.
There is a lot of money on the sidelines at the moment and the public is not behind the takeover. If the industry decides to push back hard, it will cause a significant problem for Congress. The web, combined with large industry advertising spend, could cause the Democrats to pause and that would be a good thing.
Right now the inertia is on the side of “reform”. We need some luck if we are to going to see this bill die.
- FOP Vermillion