The case against a government-backed health option is being killed by the very same folks who helped create it because they now think it will hurt their chances of passing health reform come fall.

Wait, wait, wait. Wasn't one of the reasons the government option was in place to fend off going private?

So you mean those private insurers, the ones trying desperately to kill the government option, the ones who have, year after year, increased the cost of health care while driving down coverage, are the only ones who the rest of the uninsured Americans will have to choose between????

This makes absolutely no sense.

As Johnathan Cohn from The New Republic puts leaving the health care system the way it is:

"A third option would be to give up on reform altogether--that is, to do nothing. Medical care would keep getting more expensive, health insurance would keep getting more inaccessible. An insurance policy would cost $20,000 a year instead of $12,000 like it does today, leading to 60 million uninsured instead of 45 million. Even those people with insurance would increasingly find themselves without enough coverage, or the right coverage, for their particular medical needs. The cost of care would continue to impose a crushing burden on the private sector, just as it does government."

If right wing reds can call those seeking to expand health care to all, socialists, then I can call them greedy soulless bastards.