Why Congress' Health Care Bills Are Better Than You Think

By Maggie Mahar, Health Beat
Posted on November 6, 2009, Printed on November 6, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/story/143747/

Many progressives are expressing deep disappointment with the health reform legislation now moving through Congress.

Some suggest that some legislators made deals with lobbyists and let them write the bills. Others complain that both the subsidies and the penalties are too low. Still others don't like the fact that states can "opt out" of the public insurance option and decide not to offer "Medicare E" -- Medicare for everybody.