From her syndicated column:
The president is “not familiar” with the bill. No one can explain how it will work yet, as Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., told a contentious town meeting. There are various plans, and negotiations are still in the early stages.
But whatever it is, we should be for it.
Am I missing something?
We’re only talking about our health and our kids’ health, the things my mother, may she rest in peace, told me a thousand times are the only things worth caring about. If you have your health, you have everything. And if you don’t, what in the world matters more than the best health care in the world, which is found right here?
Not by everybody, mind you, and not cheaply, for anybody. No one’s suggesting for a moment that there aren’t major problems with both access and cost. But the best health care in the world is still here, and before we take steps that could make things much worse, I’d like to be very certain that they will indeed make things much better.
Your health, as I now tell my children, is not something to fool around with. Read the labels. Don’t take unnecessary risks. Look before you leap. The devil is in the details.
Why would it be different for a health care plan?
I’m glad no one is calling me to ask whether I “support” health care reform.
At this point, the question — and the polls measuring people’s answers to it — is utterly meaningless. What is health care reform?
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So am I for health care reform? Do I support the House bill, whatever it is, or the Obama plan, which may or may not be the same thing?
Not yet. Not until I know what it is. Not until someone convinces me that whatever it is will do more good than harm, both for the country and for my family. Mother knows best.





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