Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly points out:
"I've tried to count of all the ways in which Bartiromo's remarks were foolish, and it's quite a list. She thinks a public option would undermine quality care, but she doesn't know why. She thinks Medicare somehow offers sub-standard care, but she doesn't know why. She thinks 44 year olds who like Medicare should sign up for it, unaware of eligibility restrictions. She thinks Weiner should choose to opt into Medicare, while simultaneously arguing argument against giving American consumers the choice of a public option."The other tired point it when someone uses the UK or Canadian Health Care system to prove how flawed it is assuming that we would make the same mistakes or not account for the problems when reforming our system. Stop assuming the negative.
We have the best technology, but not the best system. We need to improve what we have using quality arguments for policy and not lame, half-informed talking heads like Bartiromo. You would think she would have learned something from what the "free markets" did to her Wall St.
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