Austin Congressman Lloyd Doggett apparently isn’t too enamored of Montana Democrat Max Baucus‘ new Senate health care reform bill. In a statement just released by his office, he said:
“Seldom have so many waited so long for so little. This isn’t negotiation; it is capitulation to the insurance industry.
“To those who keep declaring a voluntary Medicare-type public option dead on arrival, I say today’s proposal represents no option whatsoever for the genuine health insurance reform that President Obama promised last year and that Americans deserve.”
This article appears in September 11 • 2009.