Ezra Klein cites a Boston Globe editorial about health insurance coverage in Massachusetts, and he makes an interesting point that if coverage comes first, cost control will naturally follow.
To extend that thought, I sure hope Team Obama is ready to mail every American a new, standardized, universal health insurance card quickly, very soon after they can get health care legislation in place. It's an important way to demonstrate that every American is getting a tangible benefit. Yes, there will be a few nutjobs who publicly destroy their cards, but they'd only reinforce the point, finally, that all Americans should receive reasonable health coverage.
I fear the White House and reformers in Congress haven't started getting the cards ready.
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