Don't Pass Medicare, says Howard Dean

From the mouth of Howard Dean.

Passing the healthcare proposals before Congress will "hang out to dry" every Democratic incumbent running for reelection this fall, Howard Dean said Thursday.

Dean, a physician by training who's a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), said that Democrats in Congress -- and President Barack Obama -- would do themselves more harm than good by passing the current healthcare bill.

"The plan, as it comes from the Senate, hangs out every Democrat who's running for office to dry -- including the president, in 2012, because it makes him defend a plan that isn't in effect essentially yet," Dean said during an appearance on the liberal Bill Press Radio Show.

Via Politico

a Howard Dean never makes a lot of sense and the comments at the article show his followers don't either. Dean wants consumer buy-ins for Medicare. Medicare is going broke now. What will happen when tens of millions want the same low cost? Because they will expect Medicare to be cheap and it will not be. Dean and his ilk want Medicare to act as Government Health Insurance -- the Public Option without being named as such.

If we can't afford Medicare health care for seniors, how can we afford it for everyone else who wants to buy in?