I digress (already).

A small digression from reading the bill, here. Obama has spoken repeatedly, most recently today at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, about "his plan." However, no such plan has been shown to the public. To date, we've only seen the House plan. That's the one I'm wading through on this rainy afternoon. So, (and here go the emails to flag@whitehouse.gov), everything he says about "his" health care plan is totally unverifiable. No one's seen this plan. It could say we all get free healthcare all the time. It could say no one gets healthcare ever. It could say you only get healthcare if your name starts with the letter N. No one knows because no one's seen it. It may not exist. No matter which way you look at it, President Obama factually cannot have a factual discussion about "his" plan, because no one has seen it and therefore no one can refute his (ever-changing) assertions. Discussion about the House bill is necessary and important. Everyone can read the text of that bill, and anything that gets said about it—one way or another—is verifiable, and can be examined, refuted, or supported. Discussion about a hypothetical Obama plan is moot until he presents this mythical bill to the public for them to read and study.*

*Personally, I can't wait to see this puppy. He said today it was just like the insurance plan Senate and House members are currently on.**

**Unrelated, but funny. When asked about private insurance's ability to compete with the public option today at the NH town hall, he pointed to the success of FedEx and UPS against the US Postal Service. So the public option is as efficient and effective as the USPS? Where do I sign up?

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