- Paul Krugman, one of the few liberal columnists writing
for the New York Times, claims that at some point in the hoary past when
he "began writing a lot about health care," he was in favor of
a Canadian-style single-payer health care system. He adds that even
today if he thought there was "any chance of creating Medicare for
All any time in the next decade," he would be "pushing for single-payer
now."
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- But
on Christmas, Krugman threw in the towel, calling on progressives to support
the Senate's version of health care legislation. Suggesting that
the so-called Senate Health Reform Bill, if it had been the law back in
Dickens' time in England, would have saved Tiny Tim without any need
for the belated charitable intervention of Ebenezer Scrooge, Krugman says
progressives should recognize that the Senate bill is the best they can
hope for, and that they need to accept that politics is "the art of
the possible."
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- Krugman goes on to say that despite some "flaws
and limitations," which he leaves unexplained, the Senate bill is
"a big win" for progressives--and for America."
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- But is it?...
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- http://www.thiscantbehappening.net
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